X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices inventions 01/07

20070019776 - Computer tomography method using a cone-shaped bundle of rays: The invention relates to a computer tomography method in which an examination area is passed through by a cone-shaped bundle of rays. The bundle of rays comes from a radiation source location which moves around the examination area on an overall trajectory. The overall trajectory consists of a first, closed... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070019781 - Computer-tomographic system for carrying out a monitored intervention: A CT system is disclosed for carrying out a monitored intervention with an instrument on a patient. The system includes an arrangement including an X-ray tube for production of a radiation beam which is moved around the patient and a detector with a large number of detector elements for measurement... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070019780 - Method for production of computer-tomographic scans during an intervention: A method is disclosed for production of computer-tomographic scans via a CT system of a patient during an intervention with an instrument. An X-ray tube is moved on a rotation plane around the patient in order to produce a beam cone, and a detector with a plurality of detector elements... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070019777 - Methods, apparatus, and software for reconstructing an image: A method of reconstructing an image includes combining a two-dimensional forward projection function and a three-dimensional stabilizing function to generate an iterative reconstruction algorithm, and using the obtained iterative reconstruction algorithm to perform a multislice Computed Tomography (CT) reconstruction to generate an image.... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070019778 - Voxel histogram analysis for measurement of plaque: A method for estimating a volume of plaque in a blood vessel includes identifying a range of voxel densities and imaging a selected volume of the blood vessel. Within the selected volume, the number of voxels having a density within the range is estimated. At least in part on the... Agent: Faustino A. Lichauco Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070019779 - X-ray ct apparatus: A data acquisition device, which has an X-ray detector including a plurality of channel widths at which channels at its central portion are fine and channels at its peripheral portions are coarse or rough, and a plurality of data acquisition ranges including a data acquisition range wide in a channel... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070019782 - Fan-beam coherent-scatter computed tomography: A reconstruction of data from CSCT data usually requires a long reconstruction time. According to the present invention, a filtered back-projection of CSCT data, wherein the CSCT data comprises a spectrum acquired by means of an energy resolving detector element is provided, wherein the filtered back-projection is performed along curved... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070019783 - Systems, methods and apparatus for attachment of an x-ray tube to an x-ray tube collimator frame: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments, a wrap-around capture device of an X-ray collimator frame limits movement of an X-ray tube mounting bracket away from the X-ray collimator. In some embodiments, a C-shaped passive capture device is attached or mounted on the wrap-around capture device,... Agent: Ramirez & Smith

20070019784 - Apparatus and methods of an x-ray and tomosynthesis and dual spectra machine: An X-ray device, array and method for performing digital X-ray imaging. An X-ray device has an X-ray source that is disposed on a substantially opposite side of an object to be analyzed from a digital X-ray detector. The digital X-ray detector may be formed as an array having a plurality... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070019785 - Mammography cushioning devices and methods: Mammography units, mammography unit compression devices, and compression paddles for use with mammography units are described. Methods for their use in reducing patient discomfort during mammography are also described.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070019786 - Collimation and calibration integrative apparatus for container inspection system: The present invention provides a collimation and calibration integrative apparatus for container inspection system, which relates to inspection technique by radiation scanning and imaging. The collimation and calibration integrative apparatus for container inspection system comprises a collimating block; a calibrating block; a base plate; a motor and a plurality of... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070019787 - Fusion imaging using gamma or x-ray cameras and a photographic-camera: A visual photographic camera is utilized in a fixed geometric relationship together with another imaging or treatment source such as a standard gamma-camera or an x-ray source. The visual camera is either attached to the gamma camera gantry, the gamma camera head or mounted on a structure such as the... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20070019788 - Methods and systems for determining the average atomic number and mass of materials: Disclosed herein are methods and systems of scanning a target for potential threats using the energy spectra of photons scattered from the target to determine the spatial distributions of average atomic number and/or mass in the target. An exemplary method comprises: illuminating each of a plurality of voxels of the... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20070019789 - Systems and methods for achieving a required spot says for nanoscale surface analysis using soft x-rays: A nano-scale surface analysis system is configured to reduce a laser-produced plasma spot size, while maintaining flux levels at target. The system comprises a condenser zone plate operable to receive short wavelength radiation and focus the short wavelength radiation into a spot on the target. The target is positioned such... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20070019790 - Radiation sensitive film including a measuring scale: An article of manufacture comprising a radiation sensitive material, and a measuring scale that is part of the radiation sensitive material. A method of measuring at least one parameter relating to an irradiated material is also described. A radiation sensitive material including a measuring scale is exposed to radiation and... Agent: International Specialty Products Attn : William J. Davis, Esq.

20070019791 - C-arm holding apparatus and x-ray diagnostic apparatus: An X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes a floor rotating arm which is installed at one end on a floor surface so as to be rotatable around a first rotation axis, a C-arm which is mounted on the other end of the floor rotating arm so as to be rotatable around a... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070014391 - System and methods for treating patients using radiation: A radiation system includes a radiation source having an accelerator, the radiation source having a magnetic field associated therewith that is resulted from an operation of the accelerator, and a magnetic field source configured to provide a compensating magnetic field to at least partially counteract against the magnetic field that... Agent: Bingham, Mccutchen LLP

20070014392 - High efficiency monochromatic x-ray source using an optical undulator: A method of generating energetic electromagnetic radiation comprises, during each of a plurality of separated radiation intervals, injecting laser radiation of a given wavelength into an optical cavity that is characterized by a round-trip transit time (RTTT) for radiation of that given wavelength. At least some radiation intervals are defined... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070009080 - Backprojection reconstruction method for ct imaging: Two-dimensional or three-dimensional, time-resolved CT frame images are acquired during a dynamic study of a subject. A composite image is produced and this is used to reconstruct each CT frame image by weighting the backprojection of each projection view acquired for that image frame by the corresponding value in the... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070009079 - Method for automatically setting and reconstructing the field of view along the body boundaries on a ct topogram: A method is disclosed for automatically setting and reconstructing the field of view along the body boundaries on a CT topogram, the constructed field of view including exactly all the points on the body boundaries inside the scan area on the topogram. In at least one embodiment of the method,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070009078 - Three-dimensional image display device creating three-dimensional image directly from projection data: An imaging device accesses projection data collected by a medical imaging system during a scan of a body. The imaging device uses the projection data directly to render an image of a region of interest of the body.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070009081 - Computed tomography system for imaging of human and small animal: Computed tomography device comprising an x-ray source and an x-ray detecting unit. The x-ray source comprises a cathode with a plurality of individually programmable electron emitting units that each emit an electron upon an application of an electric field, an anode target that emits an x-ray upon impact by the... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070009082 - X-ray sensor signal processor and x-ray computed tomography system using the same: An X-ray sensor signal processing circuit and method used in an industrial X-ray CT apparatus for processing an output signal of a semiconductor X-ray sensor which detects a pulsed X-ray emitted from an accelerator and passed through an object to be inspected. The circuit includes a first resistor having one... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070009083 - System and method of an improved x-ray imaging detector: System and method of a compact X-ray imaging detector for dental imaging applications are disclosed. In one of the preferred embodiments, a compact X-ray point source is placed in patient's mouth whereas a X-ray detector is placed outside. The preferred improvement offers several advantages over prior art practices. One of... Agent: Sherr & Nourse, PLLC

20070009085 - Enclosure inspection method and apparatus thereof: In an enclosure inspection apparatus 11, when a sealed letter 2 is inputted into a sealed letter loading station A, visual inspecting means 27 and X-ray inspecting means 33 determine thickness of the sealed letter and whether an enclosure in the sealed letter is a predetermined suspected object. The sealed... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070009084 - Imaging inspection apparatus with directional cooling: An imaging inspection apparatus which utilizes a plurality of individual imaging devices (e.g., X-ray Computer Tomography scanning devices) for directing beams onto articles having objects therein to detect the objects based on established criteria. The apparatus utilizes a cooling structure for directing cooling fluid (e.g., air) toward and over the... Agent: Lawrence R. Fraley Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP

20070009086 - Radiographic inspection apparatus and radiographic inspection method: A radiographic inspection method of irradiating a circuit forming device with X-rays to inspect the inside of the device. The method includes an X-ray irradiation step of irradiating the circuit forming device with X-rays, an X-ray detection step of detecting X-rays having penetrated the circuit forming device which is rotated... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070009087 - Equipment and method for locating and identifying incrustations in ducts and in processing plants: Equipment (1) and a method for locating and identifying incrustations in ducts and processing plants are described. Records of physical variations of fundamental importance to learning the process by which the incrustations are formed inside ducts is obtained through an inlet of said duct in equipment for foreseeing, identifying, and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070009088 - System and method for imaging using distributed x-ray sources: An X-ray imaging system is provided. The X-ray imaging system includes a distributed X-ray source and a detector. The distributed X-ray source is configured to emit X-rays from a plurality of emission points arranged as a substantially linear segment, a substantially arcuate segment, a curvilinear segment, or a substantially non-planar... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20070009089 - Methods and apparatuses for making x-rays using electron-beam ion trap (ebit) technology: Methods and systems for making X-rays using Electron-Beam Ion Trap (EBIT) technology. A method includes extracting ions of various atomic species from an EBIT, transporting the ions through an evacuated tube, and producing x-rays by neutralizing the ions when the ions strike a conducting plate. Another method includes producing x-rays... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070009090 - Process and apparatus for irradiating product pallets or containers: Method for irradiating in an irradiation chamber products being stored in the form of pallets or in the form of bulk material in appropriate containers by means of a high energy X-ray beam source, comprising the following steps: placing and arranging the products onto two different levels of products, so... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070009091 - Equipment for measuring distribution of void or particle size: A pore- or particle-size distribution measurement apparatus capable of measuring the size of a pore or a particle in a short time with high accuracy, is provided. When the size of a pore (Y) existing in a porous insulator film (3) or the size of a particle in a thin... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070009093 - Radiation imaging apparatus, radiation imaging system and radiation imaging method: A computer-readable medium is encoded with a computer program for operating a computer to control a radiation detector and a display apparatus. The computer is operated to derive a processed image by subtraction processing of a first image derived by a first energy radiation having a first energy and transmitting... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070009092 - X-ray image diagnostic device: An x-ray diagnostic imaging system with an x-ray irradiation unit for irradiating an object; an x-ray diaphragm unit for shielding the irradiated x-rays except for the x-rays irradiated on a portion used for obtaining an x-ray image of the object; an x-ray diaphragm setting unit for variably setting the portion... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070009094 - X-ray examination method and apparatus: An X-ray examination method comprises setting a tube voltage of an X-ray tube to a tube voltage that makes an X-ray absorptance difference between a first X-ray propagation medium and a second X-ray propagation medium in an object become not more than 10%, applying an X-ray beam from the X-ray... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070009095 - Bearing mechanism and x-ray tube: With a view to providing a bearing mechanism exhibiting a high leakage preventing effect for a liquid medium and an X-ray tube having such a bearing mechanism, the bearing mechanism includes a gap between a plain bearing and a shaft, with a liquid medium being present in the gap, the... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070009096 - Method for canceling impact of physical property variability on image quality performance of digital imaging system: A method for canceling the impact of the physical property variability on the image quality performance of a digital imaging system, obtained during quality control (QC) analysis using a serial numbered quality control (QC) target by applying physical property deviation controlled behaviour model corrections to the raw image quality performance.... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20070003002 - Method for automatically setting and reconstructing the field of view along the inner boundaries of the thorax on a ct topogram: A method is disclosed for automatically setting and reconstructing the field of view along the inner boundary of the thorax on a CT topogram, the reconstructed field of view including exactly all the points on the inner boundaries of the thorax inside the scan area on the topogram. In an... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070003003 - Radiation scanning of objects for contraband: In one example, a scanning unit for examining contents of a cargo container is disclosed comprising a first path through the scanning unit for transport of a cargo container and one or more sources of respective beams of radiation. At least one of the one or more sources are movable... Agent: Kaye Scholer LLP

20070003004 - Stationary computed tomography system and method: A radiographic imaging system is presented. The system includes a system controller and a plurality of sub-system controllers. Each sub-system controller is configured to facilitate generation of a radiation beam through an imaging volume in a desired sequence. In addition, the system includes a first communication link configured to couple... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20070003005 - X-ray ct apparatus: An X-ray CT apparatus includes a plurality of X-ray tubes, a plurality of X-ray detectors corresponding to the plurality of X-ray tubes, respectively, a support mechanism which supports the X-ray tubes and the X-ray detectors to allow the X-ray tubes and the X-ray detectors to rotate about a single rotation... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070003006 - Multi-layer direct conversion computed tomography detector module: A computed tomography detector module is presented. The detector module includes a substrate having a topside and a bottom side. Additionally, the detector module includes a plurality of detector layers disposed on the top side of the substrate in a direction that is substantially orthogonal to the substrate, where each... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20070003007 - Imaging geometry: A system and method for stereoscopically imaging a patient at multiple locations in a radiation treatment system to enable the delivery of radiation treatments from multiple ranges of treatment angles without obstructing the imaging system or the radiation treatment.... Agent: Accuray/blakely

20070003008 - Flow method and apparatus for screening chemicals using micro x-ray fluorescence: Method and apparatus for screening chemicals using micro x-ray fluorescence. A method for screening a mixture of potential pharmaceutical chemicals for binding to at least one target binder involves flow-separating a solution of chemicals and target binders into separated components, exposing them to an x-ray excitation beam, detecting x-ray fluorescence... Agent: Los Alamos National Security, LLC

20070003009 - Integrated carry-on baggage cart and passenger screening station: The present invention is directed towards apparatuses and methods for securing a location. Particularly, the present invention is directed towards methods, apparatuses, and integrated systems for the screening of individual passengers and their corresponding carry-on baggage carts with improved throughput, efficiency, and quality. In addition, the current invention is directed... Agent: Patentmetrix

20070003010 - Radiation systems with imaging capability: A radiation system includes a radiation source capable of generating a radiation beam having an energy suitable for treating tissue, an imager operatively associated with the radiation source, and a PET imager located adjacent to the imager. A radiation system includes a first ring, a radiation source coupled to the... Agent: Bingham, Mccutchen LLP

20070003011 - Fast gradient-histogram inverse planning technique for radiation treatment: A method for fast inverse planning of IMRT treatment plans is disclosed. The method relies on a computationally efficient algorithm for evaluating the gradient of a general class of objective functions, and also on the efficient optimization that is realized due to the directional conjugacy of the objective functions. Several... Agent: Derek Lane

20070003012 - X-ray diffraction apparatus: An X-ray diffraction apparatus allows plural kinds of characteristic X-rays to be incident on a sample at the same time and thus allows X-ray diffraction measurement with the plural kinds of characteristic X-rays to be carried out at the same time. An X-ray tube includes an anode which has the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070003013 - X-ray beam conditioning device and x-ray analysis apparatus: Described herein is an X-ray beam conditioning device that has a crystal holder and a motor. The crystal holder supports a first crystal block and a second crystal block, each of which diffracts X-ray by a specific diffraction angle. The motor can rotate the crystal holder around an axis extending... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070003014 - Method or x-ray device for creating a series of recordings of medical x-ray images of a patient who might possibly be moving during the recording of the series images: The invention relates to a method or x-ray device for creating a series of two-dimensional medical x-ray images to be related to each other in an evaluation of a patient with initially a first x-ray image and subsequently a further x-ray image being created, a deviation caused by a patient... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070003015 - Method and device for exposing x-ray images: The invention relates to a method of controlling the exposure of an X-ray image. Starting values for the tube current, the tube voltage and the exposure duration are hereby set on the X-ray tube (10). Following the start of the exposure, the resultant dose rate is measured by a sensor... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070003016 - Method for contour visualization of regions of interest in 2d fluoroscopy images: The invention relates to a method, which assists the doctor in orientation in 2D fluoroscopy images. The invention relates to a method for contour visualization of regions of interest in fluoroscopy images by: firstly generating a 3D raw data set comprising at least one region of interest in which the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070003017 - Method for generating an x-ray image sequence: With a method for generating an x-ray image sequence for supporting an intervention on a patient with a catheter or guide wire for instance, automatic recognition of the catheter is carried out with recorded x-ray images using a computer system. The x-ray image recording parameters are changed on the basis... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070003018 - High voltage stable cathode for x-ray tube: A method of producing a cathode for use in an x-ray tube assembly is provided including machining an emission aperture into a cup emission surface portion of a cup structure. The cup structure is comprised of a cup base portion opposite the cup emissions surface portion. Electro-discharge machining is used... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20070003019 - Radiography system: An object of the present invention is to provide a radiography system in which an FOV in a light field agrees with an FOV in an X-ray field irrespective of a displacement of a light source. The radiography system comprises an X-ray tube, a collimator that forms an X-ray beam... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070003020 - Systems and methods for compensating for table sag: A method for compensating for table sag is described. The method includes receiving a first dimension of a table, scanning a patient placed on the table to obtain a first data set, generating an image of the table by performing the scanning with the patient on the table, and determining... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (12553 - 1000)

20070003021 - Patient support systems: A patient support system includes a patient support, and a positioning system for positioning the patient support, wherein the positioning system is capable of placing the patient support such that a point on the patient support is at a location, and rotating the patient support about a vertical axis that... Agent: Bingham, Mccutchen LLP

20070003022 - Patient table for an x-ray system: The invention relates to a patient table (40) for an x-ray system with a table top, the length of which can be optionally varied. The table top can be of a modular design, or can comprise a plurality of table segments or slats (42) depending on the type of a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department