X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices inventions 12/06

20060291611 - Cone-beam reconstruction using backprojection of locally filtered projections and x-ray ct apparatus: Embodiments of the present invention include a method and apparatus for accurate cone beam reconstruction with source positions on a curve (or set of curves). The inversion formulas employed by embodiments of the method of the present invention are based on first backprojecting a simple derivative in the projection space... Agent: Morriss O'bryant Compagni, P.C.

20060291613 - Processing method for a two-dimensional initial image and objects corresponding thereto: A computer dismantles a two-dimensional initial image into partial images containing components that vary locally with partial image frequencies and a residual image containing a direct component which is locally invariable. For each partial image and residual image the computer determines a weighting factor and sums the weighted images into... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060291614 - Radiographic apparatus: To enable radiation rays to be efficiently used. A scout scan parameter setting unit sets a rotation movement position to which an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector are moved so as to rotate around a subject on the basis of subject information of a subject on which a scout... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20060291612 - X-ray ct method and x-ray ct apparatus: In an X-ray CT apparatus, radiographic conditions (protocols) for imaging of each position represented by a z-coordinate are optimized in relation to an X-ray cone beam that spreads in a z direction. A slice thickness of a tomographic image is freely controlled in the z direction using a z filter... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20060291615 - X-ray ct apparatus: When an X-ray CT apparatus including a two-dimensional X-ray area detector performs a conventional (axial) scan or a cine scan, a plurality of segments of projection data items detected synchronously with an external signal or a biomedical signal is sampled from projection data items acquired during one scan or a... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20060291617 - Collimator for a beam detector, and a computed tomography unit: A collimator is disclosed for a beam detector, having a number of juxtaposed collimator plates between which there is respectively arranged for stiffening the collimator, at least one supporting element that is constructed from a material transparent to X-rays and supports the collimator plates laterally. A computed tomography unit having... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060291616 - Computerized tomography system: Computerized tomography system, comprising: a detecting device to detect radiation rays that penetrates an object to be detected; and a collimator to restrict radiation rays that are entered to the detecting device, wherein a separation gap for separating thermally the collimator and the detecting device is defined between an end... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20060291618 - Tomographic mammography method: A tomosynthesis system for forming a three dimensional image of an object is provided. The system includes an X-ray source adapted to irradiate the object with a beam of X-rays from a plurality of positions in a sector, an X-ray detector positioned relative to the X-ray source to detect X-rays... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20060291619 - Method and apparatus for material identification: A method of identifying a material using an x-ray emission characteristic is provided. X-ray data representing a monitored x-ray emission characteristic is obtained from a specimen in response to an incident energy beam. A dataset is also obtained, this comprising composition data of a plurality of materials. The material of... Agent: Maine & Asmus

20060291620 - System and method for adapting a software control in an operating environment: A system and method for detecting a substance using x-ray fluorescence is disclosed. The detected substances may be explosives or controlled substances that have a specific chemical fluorescent signature. An energy source transmits an x-ray beam at a target. The target may be in a container or under a surface.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20060291621 - Dynamic radiation therapy simulation system: A system for dynamic treatment simulation for radiotherapy. Software is implemented on a computer system to perform dynamic simulation by displaying every segment of dynamic treatment beams on top of real-time fluoroscopic image sequences. Automated distortion correction of the fluoroscopic image due to the image intensifier is performed in real-time.... Agent: Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP

20060291622 - Inspection system with material identification: An angular analysis system that can be controlled to receive radiation at a defined angle from a defined focus region. The angular analysis system is used for level 2 inspection in an explosive detection system. Level 2 inspection is provided by a three-dimensional inspection system that identifies suspicious regions of... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20060291623 - Inspection system with material identification: An angular analysis system that can be controlled to receive radiation at a defined angle from a defined focus region. The angular analysis system is used for level 2 inspection in an explosive detection system. Level 2 inspection is provided by a three-dimensional inspection system that identifies suspicious regions of... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20060291624 - Systems, methods and apparatus to offset correction of x-ray images: Systems and methods are provided for offset correction of images from a flat panel detector. In some embodiments, the apparatus and method develops one or more offset maps, acquired during system idle, for the imaging system at a plurality of exposure windows. In some embodiments, exposure parameters acquired for the... Agent: James D Ivey

20060291625 - Multifunctional x-ray system and method for operating it: To comply with radiation protection provisions that differ from one another for different operating functions without operational restrictions, a radiation protection system is provided in the case of a multifunctional x-ray system for a solid state detector assigned to the x-ray system. The radiation protection system includes a device for... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060291626 - Method for equalizing a butting structure and x-ray system: A plurality of plates is bonded together by butting in order to manufacture a flat-plate x-ray detector. The butting determines artifacts in x-ray images taken with the flat-plate x-ray detector. According to the invention the butting structure is first measured in the flat-plate x-ray detector and a pixel quantity parameter... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060291627 - Euv, xuv, and x-ray wavelength sources created from laser plasma produced from liquid metal solutions: Metallic solutions at room temperature used a laser point source target droplets. Using the target metallic solutions results in damage free use to surrounding optical components since no debris are formed. The metallic solutions can produce plasma emissions in the X-rays, XUV, and EUV(extreme ultra violet) spectral ranges of approximately... Agent: Law Offices Of Brian S Steinberger

20060291628 - X-ray radiation sources with low neutron emissions for radiation scanning: In one example, a radiation source comprises a housing and an acceleration chamber within the housing, with a peak acceleration energy greater than the lowest neutron production threshold of tantalum. A source of charged particles is supported by the housing to emit charged particles into the acceleration chamber. A target... Agent: Kaye Scholer LLP

20060285630 - Device and method for computer tomography: A device and a method for the multispectral correction of radiation hardening in computer tomography with variable tube voltage is described. In particular, a water correction and a post-reconstructive hardening correction is disclosed. To perform the water correction, project image data is corrected, in that correction values are obtained from... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060285631 - Multiframe diagnostic user interface: A method for providing a testing screen for a medical imaging system is provided. The method includes providing a first frame having selectable test icons, providing a second frame having icons that were selected to be tested from the first frame, and providing a third frame having test results from... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060285632 - Method and device for reconstructing a 3d image data set of a moving object: The invention relates to a method and device for reconstructing a 3D image data set of a moving object from a set of projection images, which were recorded at least partially one after the other from different projection directions. The projection images are hereby assigned by ECG gating to a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060285633 - Multiple source ct scanner: A CT scanner includes a plurality of cone-beam x-ray sources offset along a CT axis. A detector is positioned opposite the x-ray sources. The x-ray sources and detector are rotatable about the CT axis. The x-ray sources direct x-rays through the patient that are received by the detector at a... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20060285634 - Systems and methods for adjusting noise in a medical imaging system: A method for adjusting noise in an imaging system is described. The method includes adjusting, by a processor, a noise within an image based on a patient size.... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (12553 - 1000)

20060285635 - Contrast enhanced spectroscopic optical coherence tomography: A method of forming an image of a sample includes performing SOCT on a sample. The sample may include a contrast agent, which may include an absorbing agent and/or a scattering agent. A method of forming an image of tissue may include selecting a contrast agent, delivering the contrast agent... Agent: Evan Law Group LLC

20060285636 - Dental image charting system and method: A computer system and method is disclosed that generates panoramic dental images and related dental charts. The system allows a user to specify which images the system should use for generating the panoramic image. The system then generates a panoramic image. An image-based chart and a graphic-based chart can be... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20060285637 - Identification of detector units in x-ray imaging: The invention concerns a device for identification of a detector unit in an X-ray imaging apparatus. For this purpose there is a detector unit (1a or 1b or 1c . . . ), selected from a group (10) of different detector array units (1a, 1b, 1c . . . ),... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20060285638 - Method for determining the position and orientation of an object, especially of a catheter, from two-dimensional x-ray images: To determine the position and orientation of an object in a x-ray image the x-ray image is initially pre-processed. A three-dimensional template (data record) of the object based on the known constructional features of the object is created. Three parameters for the position and for the orientation respectively are modified... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060285639 - System and method of treating a patient with radiation therapy: A radiation therapy treatment system and method of treating a patient with radiation. The system integrates positioning of the patient, treatment planning, and delivery of the plan. As a result of the integration of imaging capabilities into the treatment apparatus, and efficient processes for contouring and planning, a patient can... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20060285641 - System, tracker, and program product to facilitate and verify proper target alignment for radiation delivery, and related methods: A system, tracker, program product, and methods to facilitate and verify proper target alignment for radiation delivery are provided. The system includes a radiation delivery apparatus having a radiation emitter, a rotating assembly controlled by a controller, and an application computer which provides treatment delivery instructions to the controller. The... Agent: Ben D. Tobor

20060285640 - Variance reduction simulation system, program product, and related methods: A system to provide enhanced computational efficiency in a simulation of particle transport through a medium, program product, and related methods are provided. The system can include a simulation data administrator server having access to an interaction database including records related to parameters describing interactions of particles in an absorbing... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20060285642 - Method for measuring dead time of x-ray detector: The dead time of a pulse type X-ray detector is measured without estimation of a true X-ray intensity. The first and the second conditions are used for varying an intensity of an X-ray entering the X-ray detector. The first condition may be the slit width of a receiving slit, at... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20060285643 - X-ray device with an x-ray source fixed to a ceiling stand: The invention relates to an x-ray device with an x-ray source fixed to a ceiling stand and a generator connected therewith in order to supply voltage. In order to achieve as compact an arrangement as possible, it is proposed in accordance with the invention to provide the generator with means... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060285644 - Device for medical provision: An x-ray arm of an x-ray system is controlled with the aid of a joystick. If there is a threat of a collision between the x-ray arm and an obstacle, for example a patient bed, a force is exerted on the guide element which generates a warning signal perceptible in... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060285645 - Ct imaging system with multiple peak x-ray source: An x-ray source (32) for performing energy discrimination within an imaging system (10) includes a cathode-emitting device (82) emitting electrons and an anode (81) that has a target (80) whereupon the electrons impinge to generate an x-ray beam (93) with multiple x-ray quantity energy peaks (116 and 120). A method... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20060285646 - Device, arrangement and method for indicating positions on areas exposed to x-ray radiation sources and light sources: A unit (11) with a length (L) is utilized in a device for indicating the position of an edge (7a) of a first area (7) which is irradiated by an x-ray radiation source (2) in relation to an edge (9a) of a second area, completely or partially coinciding with the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20060285647 - Releasablly interconnected ct and spect scanners: Arrangement for taking a CT scan and a SPECT scan of a patient in a single-pass diagnostic procedure. A SPECT scanner and a CT scanner are included. The SPECT scanner is mounted on a SPECT gantry and the CT scanner is mounted on a CT gantry. The SPECT and CT... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060280282 - Method and apparatus of multi-energy imaging: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus of multi-energy data acquisition. An imaging system is also provided and includes a number of HF electromagnetic energy filters. The filters include at least a first and a second filter wherein the first filter is positioned in a path of... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (gems)

20060280281 - Method for calculating absorber-specific weighting coefficients and method for improving a contrast-to-noise ratio, dependent on an absorber, in an x-ray image, produced by an x-ray machine, of an object to be examined: A method is disclosed for calculating absorber-specific weighting coefficients and a method is disclosed for improving a contrast-to-noise ratio, dependent on an absorber, in an x-ray image of an object to be examined produced by an x-ray machine. A weighted summation of detector output signals from different energy windows of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060280284 - Imaging control method and x-ray ct apparatus: The present invention provides an imaging control method, which allows cardiac imaging of better quality to be obtained and an X-ray CT apparatus suitable for such imaging control. In order to control the start timing of the imaging by an X-ray CT apparatus, the method comprises computing the heart rate... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20060280283 - Step-and-shoot cardiac ct imaging: The present invention is directed to a method and system of blending data acquired from neighboring partial-scans. Data is acquired from an imaging volume in a series of fractional or partial-scans. Each partial-scan samples a fraction of the imaging volume. During reconstruction, data from the partial-scans are combined to compensate... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (gems)

20060280285 - Fluorescent x-ray spectroscopic apparatus: An apparatus and method for accurately analyzing transition metal such as iron and copper contained as impurities in a hafnium-containing film on a semiconductor substrate, which is a sample, is provided. Ir-Lα rays selected and split by a monochromator from X rays generated from an X-ray tube having an anode... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060280286 - X-ray imaging system having improved weather resistance: It is an object of the present invention to provide a radiation inspection system, such as an X-ray system, that can operate efficiently even in inclement weather conditions while being highly mobile. Thus the improved inspection system of the present invention is capable of operating in high temperature and corrosive... Agent: Patentmetrix

20060280287 - Beam therapy treatment user interface monitoring and recording system: A system uses a digital photographic camera attached to a radiation therapy device to create an overlay of radiation beam information comprising data identifying treated patient anatomical region data and supporting determination of cumulative radiation treatment information from multiple treatment overlays. A system records a treatment beam landing area on... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060280288 - Radiation modulating apparatus and methods therefore: A radiation modulating device and methods enhance the delivery of radiation by modulating the intensity of a radiation beam. A radiation modulating device may be placed between any radiation source and any target such that at least some portion of the radiation beam emitted from the source passes through the... Agent: Snell & Wilmer

20060280289 - X-ray tube driver using am and fm modulation: Circuit arrangements and methods are disclosed for providing means of driving a grounded anode triode X-Ray tube using one isolation transformer, providing both filament power and controllable grid drive without the need for optical isolation devices. Applications. of this design include fast X-Ray imaging such as inspection equipment and systems,... Agent: Gary Hanington

20060280291 - Radiation window and method of manufacture: A radiation window device to transmit radiation as part of an x-ray source or detector includes a support to be subject to a substantial vacuum, and an opening configured to transmit radiation. A film is mounted directly on the support across the opening, and has a material and a thickness... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20060280290 - X-ray tube: The present invention relates to an X-ray tube capable of efficiently extracting X-rays of low energy and provided with a structure having excellent durability. The X-ray tube is provided with a silicon foil having a thickness of 3 μm or more but 30 μm or less as a part of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20060280292 - Method and system for cooling heat-generating component in a closed-loop system: A system and method for reducing or eliminating pump cavitation in a closed system having at least one or a plurality of fluid phase changes. The system comprises a venturi having a throat which is coupled to a reservoir tank.... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins Jacox, Meckstroth & Jenkins

20060280293 - Self-alignment of radiographic imaging system: An imaging system 10 is provided comprising an x-ray source 12, a detector 14, and an alignment device 38 adapted to align the detector 14 with the x-ray source 12 using an x-ray beam transmitted from the x-ray source 12. A method of positioning and aligning an imaging system is... Agent: Varian Medical Systems Technologies, Inc. C/o Foley & Lardner LLP

20060274877 - Medical image display apparatus and medical image display system: Noise originating from the difference between a second dose as an X-ray dose used for simulation and a first dose as an X-ray dose associated with raw data obtained by past imaging operation is calculated. Simulation pure raw data as information associated with a photon count and noise which are... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060274878 - Step-and-shoot cardiac ct imaging: The present invention is directed to a method and system of controlling rotation of a gantry to rotate at a rotational speed such that a desired relationship between center projection angles of neighboring partial scans is maintained.... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (gems)

20060274879 - Folded array ct baggage scanner: A reduced size CT scanner for baggage inspection has a wide angle x-ray source and multiple sets of detectors at different distances from the x-ray source. The detectors in each set are sized and positioned to maintain consistent pitch and flux levels among all detectors. Conventional reconstruction processes can be... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20060274880 - Radiographic apparatus: An FPD has a detecting plane with detecting elements arranged in rows (u-axis) and columns (v-axis) extending in two intersecting axial directions. In time of primary scanning, the FPD is moved about a sectional axis to maintain the u-axis parallel to a body axis constantly. Consequently, in a reconstruction process,... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20060274881 - Location of focal plane: A method and apparatus for generating a panoramic image of part of a target, comprises providing a scanner having a source of penetrating radiation facing a detector having an array of sensors for the penetrating radiation. The target is positioned between the source of penetrating radiation and the detector, and... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20060274882 - X-ray fluorescence spectrometer and program used therein: A calculating device 10 for calculating the concentration of elements contained in a sample 13 based on the FP method is provided. The calculating device 10 is operable to assume a concentration of unmeasured elements as far as unmeasured elements, of which fluorescent X-rays are not measured, are concerned, and,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060274883 - X-ray inspection system having on-axis and off-axis sensors: An x-ray inspection system. The x-ray inspection system includes an x-ray source, an on-axis x-ray sensor, at least one off-axis x-ray sensor, a fixture, and an accumulation circuit. The on-axis x-ray sensor is configured to capture on-axis images of radiation from the x-ray source. The x-ray source is displaced from... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20060274885 - Treatment planning software and corresponding user interface: A method and apparatus for treatment planning are described.... Agent: Accuray/blakely

20060274886 - Measurement of properties of thin films on sidewalls: A method for X-ray analysis of a sample includes directing a beam of X-rays to impinge on an area of a periodic feature on a surface of the sample and receiving the X-rays scattered from the surface in a reflection mode so as to detect a spectrum of diffraction in... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20060274887 - X-ray high voltage device: A semiconductor switch 12 connected in series with a smoothing capacitor 12 is constituted by connecting in parallel a diode 13D which permits to flow current regenerated from energy of electric charges stored in a high voltage capacitor 17 to a primary side of a high voltage transformer 15 for... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20060274888 - Medical imaging system with a part which can be moved about a patient and a collision protection method: The invention relates to a medical imaging system as well as a collision protection method for such a system. In this system the movement of a moveable part, e.g. a C-arm, is stopped or slowed down, if the part enters an individual protective zone enclosing the patient. This zone is... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060274889 - Method and apparatus for controlling electron beam current: An x-ray generating device includes a field emission cathode formed at least partially from a nanostructure-containing material having an emitted electron current density of at least 4 A/cm2. High energy conversion efficiency and compact design are achieved due to easy focusing of cold cathode emitted electrons and dramatic reduction of... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20060274890 - Image capture device and methods: Novel arrangements for providing portable X-ray devices having reduced weight and increased mobility are disclosed. A portable X-ray device is configured without an integrated battery. The battery is connected by electric cabling to the portable X-ray device which allows a user to wear the battery around a belt or in... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20060274891 - Imaging inspection apparatus with improved cooling: An imaging inspection apparatus which utilizes a plurality of individual imaging devices (e.g., X-ray Computer Tomography scanning devices) positioned on a frame for directing beams onto articles having objects therein to detect the objects based on established criteria. The apparatus utilizes a cooling structure to provide cooling to the imaging... Agent: Lawrence R. Fraley Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP