X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices inventions 05/07

20070121779 - Image reconstructing method and x-ray ct apparatus: The slice thickness of tomograms of an X-ray CT apparatus is to be kept as constant as practicable within an xy plane. In projected data before three-dimensional back-projection, after convolving row-directional filter of an X-ray detector whose filter coefficient is adjusted channel by channel, three-dimensional back-projection is performed to achieve... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070121778 - Method and system for spinal cord detection in computed tomography volume data: A system and method for detecting the spinal cord in thoracic and abdominal computed tomography (CT) volume data is disclosed. In this method, an initial spinal cord point is detected for an initial axial slice of the CT volume data. The spinal cord is then tracked from the initial spinal... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070121780 - X-ray ct apparatus and method of controlling the same: This invention provides an X-ray CT apparatus capable of addressing a change in heart beats during a scan and a method of controlling the same. The X-ray CT apparatus includes: a data acquisition device for acquiring projection data of a subject by a helical scan synchronized with a heart beat;... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (20459) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070121781 - Interconnect and packaging method for multi-slice ct detector modules: Disclosed herein is a computed tomography (CT) detector module, for coupling with a collimator rail. The CT detector module includes a CT detector pack, a printed circuit board, and electrical conductor, and a substrate. The electrical conductor is disposed between and in electrical communication with the CT detector pack and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070121782 - Mammography apparatus: A mammography apparatus capable of obtaining a clear breast image with reduced burden on the subject. The apparatus includes a radiation irradiation section and an object table connected to an arm such that they face each other, and the breast pressed on the object table using a compression paddle is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070121783 - System and method for resolving threats in automated explosives detection in baggage and other parcels: The CT threat resolution system includes an primary EDS scanning process to identify threats and the nature of threats and a plurality of secondary CT scanning processes to resolve threats. The primary EDS scanning process and secondary CT scanning processes can be either separate machines or multiple processes within a... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.C.

20070121784 - X-ray imaging arrangement: An x-ray system for narrow bandwidth imaging of in particular small objects is provided. X-radiation from an x-ray source (1) is focused by chromatic x-ray optics (2) on an x-ray energy dependent distance from the optics. Asymmetric focusing of the x-ray optics is compensated for by choosing an asymmetric focal... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070121785 - X-ray optical element: An X-ray optical element for and influencing of X-ray beam characteristics in two dimensions includes two reflective, curved elements arranged side-by-side to receive X-ray radiation from an X-ray beam source so that the radiation is directed onto both reflective elements and then reflected from one element onto the other element,... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070121786 - Dental diagnostic and treatment apparatus: A diagnostic/treatment instrument such as a handpiece equipped with a dental treatment tool, etc. is provided with a light radiating unit that can distinctively detect a dental lesion, to facilitate the treatment of the lesion. A light source for emitting light that can distinctively detect the lesion is mounted near... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070121787 - System and method for airway detection: A method and system for detecting airways in 3D lung image data is disclosed. The 3D lung image data is filtered using one or more filters based on first and second order derivatives of the CT image data. Each filter calculates a value for each voxel of the 3D lung... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070121788 - Modular x-ray tube and method of production thereof: Modular X-ray tube (10) and method for the production of such an X-ray tube, in which an anode (20) and a cathode (30) are arranged in a vacuumized inner space (40) situated opposite each other, electrons (e−) being produced at the cathode (30) and X-rays (y) at the anode (20).... Agent: Steven L Permut Reising Ethington Barnes Kisselle

20070121789 - Holder device for dental x-ray digital sensor: A sensor holder (10) includes a frame member (20) that bounds a void area (21) and which is configured to receive a sensor (11). A retaining means (50, 51) is provided to hold the sensor (11) to the frame (20) such that a connecting cable (12) affixed to the sensor... Agent: Dentsply International Inc

20070121790 - Angio capable portable x-ray fluoroscopy unit with sliding c-arm and variable pivot point: An “Angio Capable Portable X-Ray Fluoroscopy Unit with Sliding C-Arm and Variable Pivot Point” is disclosed. It is a new Portable C-Arm x-ray system for fluoroscopy (e.g., angio fluoroscopy) that permits head-to-foot, or cranio-caudal, angulation without appreciable degradation or rotation of the recorded image in the segment of possible views... Agent: Holland & Bonzagni, P.C.

20070121791 - Method and system for x-ray diagnosis of an examination object: A system and method for X-ray diagnosis of an examination object is provided. The system includes a component that is movable relative to a stretcher for the examination object and at least one predeterminable set stop position for the component. A position ascertaining device is operative to ascertain a position... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070116170 - Method and system of ct data correction: An adaptive CT data acquisition system and technique is presented whereby radiation emitted for CT data acquisition is dynamically controlled to limit exposure to those detectors of a CT detector assembly that may be particularly susceptible to saturation during a given data acquisition. The data acquisition technique recognizes that for... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (gems)

20070116171 - Method and system for performing ct image reconstruction with motion artifact correction: In one embodiment, a method is provided for performing computed tomography (CT) imaging. The method includes obtaining EKG gating information from an object and obtaining attenuation measurements from the object utilizing a detector that is rotated in a scan plane around the object. The method further includes performing a first... Agent: The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20070116172 - Method and system for performing ct image reconstruction with motion artifact correction: In one embodiment, a method is provided for performing computed tomography (CT) imaging. The method includes obtaining EKG gating information from an object and obtaining attenuation measurements from the object utilizing a detector that is rotated in a scan plane around the object. The method further includes performing a first... Agent: The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20070116173 - Method and system of ct data correction: An adaptive CT data acquisition system and technique is presented whereby radiation emitted for CT data acquisition is dynamically controlled to limit exposure to those detectors of a CT detector assembly that may be particularly susceptible to saturation during a given data acquisition. The data acquisition technique recognizes that for... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (gems)

20070116174 - Ct detector having a segmented optical coupler and method of manufacturing same: The present invention is a directed to a CT detector for a CT imaging system that incorporates a segmented optical coupler between a photodiode array and a scintillator array. The segmented optical coupler also operates as a light collimator which improves the light collection efficiency of the photodiode array. The... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (gems)

20070116175 - System and method for reconstructing image by using straight-line trajectory scan: It is disclosed a system and a method for reconstructing an image by using a straight-line trajectory scan to avoid image spatial resolution reduction due to interpolations in angular direction and detector direction during data rebinning. This system comprises: a projection data conversion section for converting projection data from straight-line... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070116176 - X-ray device for making an image of a part to be examined: An X-ray device for making an image of a body part to be examined is provided. The X-ray device includes a support that is operative to support an emitter head having a beam region between an X-ray source, and an X-ray detector. The body part to be examined is positioned... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070116177 - Imaging system: It is disclosed an imaging system comprising: radiation generating means including at least one radiation source for generating radiations; data acquiring means including an detector matrix faced the radiation source for obtaining projection data by receiving radiations penetrated through an object to be inspected; transporting means for making the object... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070116178 - Control device for exiting of travelers with their luggage: A control device for exiting of travelers with their luggage has an Identification tag attachable to a piece of luggage and carrying a code, a receipt to be given to a traveler for the piece of luggage and provided with a code and a reading unit configured for reading the... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070116179 - Flat image detector: In order to configure a flat image detector such that it can be produced with as low an outlay as possible, a flat image detector of an example embodiment, including an active matrix of a plurality of pixel readout units, is provided. In the detector, at least a part of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070116180 - Portable digital detector system: A detector for a portable imaging system includes a flash memory including a full set of configuration parameters and calibration files. The detector also includes a transmit and receive unit for communicating with the portable imaging system. The detector still further includes a detector controller responding to a request for... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20070116181 - X-ray flux management device: The invention is directed to an x-ray flux management device that adaptively attenuates an x-ray beam to limit the incident flux reaching a subject and radiographic detectors in potentially high-flux areas while not affecting the incident flux and detector measurements in low-flux regions. While the invention is particularly well-suited for... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (gems)

20070116182 - Mobile computed radiography: A mobile computed radiography (CR) unit. The mobile CR unit includes a CR scanner adapted to acquire one or more images from an image recording medium, a frame that supports the CR scanner, an x-ray source mounted to the frame, a transport mechanism coupled to the frame and adapted to... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070116183 - Tomograph: The present invention provides a technology for reducing artifacts attributable to the non-linearity in the input-output characteristic of a radiation detector and beam hardening of radiation in a tomograph. The tomograph includes a scanning system that includes a generation means which generates radiation to be irradiated to a subject and... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070110210 - X-ray ct apparatus and x-ray ct fluoroscopic apparatus: Tomography or X-ray CT fluoroscopy reduced in exposure to radiation in an X-ray CT apparatus or an X-ray CT fluoroscopic apparatus is to be substantialized. A channel-direction X-ray collimator or a beam forming X-ray filter is positionally controlled in the channel direction to carry out X-ray data acquisition while irradiation... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070110209 - X-ray ct imaging method and x-ray ct apparatus: The present invention provides the adjustment of CT value which is the pixel value of a tomographic image in the conventional scan (axial scan) or cinescan or helical scan by an X-ray CT apparatus incorporating a multi column X-ray detector or a two-dimensional X-ray detector of matrix arrangement represented by... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (20459) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070110211 - Methods and systems for dynamic pitch helical scanning: Methods and systems for controlling x-ray exposure during a dynamic pitch helical scan using a translatable table are provided. The system includes a collimator positioned between an x-ray source and an object to be scanned configured to shutter an x-ray fan beam generated by the x-ray source to at least... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (12553 - 1000)

20070110212 - System and method for cross table tomosynthesis imaging for trauma applications: The presently described technology provides a tomosynthesis imaging system that comprises an x-ray tube and an anti-scatter grid. The x-ray tube is configured to emit x-rays from a plurality of positions during movement of the x-ray tube along a long axis of a mobile patient surface. The anti-scatter grid is... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070110213 - Lithographic apparatus: A barrier member is disclosed for use in immersion lithography. The barrier member comprises an extractor assembly on a bottom surface configured to face the substrate. The extractor assembly includes a plate configured to split the space between a liquid removal device and the substrate in two such that a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070110214 - Methods of characterizing compositions: The present invention is directed to methods for characterizing the structure of compositions such as amorphous, crystalline, and combinations thereof. The methods are directed to analyzing pairwise distribution function plots of the components of the compositions and comparing them to the pairwise distribution function plot of the composition.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070110215 - Combined mobile container inspection system with low target: A combined mobile container inspection system, comprising: a radiation source; a chassis; a rotatable deck provided at an end of the upper surface of said chassis and rotatable with respect to said chassis, provided with a parallelogram bracket formed by a hingedly-connected four-bar linkage mechanism, wherein the cross link of... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070110216 - Product to tailor distributions of energy deposition by a high energy photon beam: A product tailors energy deposition. In one form, the product includes a magnetic field. The magnetic field is in a pre-set tailoring relationship with a body, a target volume in the body, and a electron-photon cascade in the body produced by a photon beam, where the photon beam and the... Agent: William J Hallihan

20070110217 - X-ray generating apparatus: This invention relates to a microfocus X-ray tube having a heat-dissipation solid formed on the target adhesively. Specifically, the heat-dissipation solid defining an opening is formed on the target surface irradiated with an electron beam. Heat generated adjacent the target surface by impingement of an electron beam having passed through... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070110218 - Grid assembly for use with a cassette: A grid assembly for use with an imaging cassette. The grid assembly includes an anti-scatter grid having a length and opposing first and second ends; first and second transport members disposed proximate the first and second ends, respectively, of the grid; at least one first roller disposed at the first... Agent: Pamela R. Croker Patent Legal Staff

20070104308 - Apparatus and method for reconstruction of volumetric images in a divergent scanning computed tomography system: An apparatus and method for reconstructing image data for a region are described. A radiation source and multiple one-dimensional linear or two-dimensional planar area detector arrays located on opposed sides of a region angled generally along a circle centered at the radiation source are used to generate scan data for... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070104309 - Method and device for spatial presentation of an examination area of an object under examination: The invention relates to a method and a device for executing the method for spatial presentation of a predeterminable area under examination. By overlaying a movement of the axis of projection along an axis of examination onto a rotation of an axis of projection around the object under examination, and... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070104310 - Method for speeding up the scattered radiation correction in a computed tomography system: The invention relates to a method for speeding up the scattered radiation correction in a computed tomography system with a radiation sources and a detector constructed in large-area format with a number of rows of detectors, by which an object is scanned from numerous projection angles, uses the measured values... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070104311 - Ct detector photodiode having multiple charge storage devices: A CT detector includes a pixel having a single photodiode and multiple charge storage devices that are alternately stored and read out. The photodiode is a frontlit diode with a pair of capacitors that alternately store charge generated during data acquisition. Multiple pixels are connected to a single readout amplifier.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070104312 - Support structure for z-extensible ct detectors and methods of making same: Pin-based support structures for easily and precisely assembling CT detector components into individual detector modules are described, as are methods of making the same. The pins in these structures serve as the local reference points against which all other detector components (i.e., collimators, scintillator packs, diodes, electronic flex connectors, etc.)... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (gems)

20070104313 - Scatter rejection for composite medical imaging systems: Scatter effects are reduced in a radiographic imaging device, such as a digital slot scan mammographic imaging device, by reducing detected scatter and processing detector information to compensate for scatter effects. In one embodiment, a digital mammographic imaging system (10) includes a source (24) for transmitting a narrow beam (28)... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070104314 - Tomography system: A measurement system is presented. The measurement system includes a source and a detector located a selected distance from the source with the source and the detector movable about a point, an axis or about a plane located proximate the detector.... Agent: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070104315 - Printed circuit board inspection system combining x-ray inspection and visual inspection: A circuit board inspection system combining an X-RAY inspection and a visual inspection comprises a transfer unit (3) that lands an inspected object (1) safely thereon and transfers the inspected object (1) to a predetermined position; a light generating unit (5) that is installed below the transfer unit (3) and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070104316 - System and method of recommending a location for radiation therapy treatment: Systems and methods for utilizing remote access to a radiation therapy treatment system. Remote access to the radiation therapy treatment system can assist in providing quality assurance processes, service and maintenance procedures, patient monitoring, and statistical analysis.... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070104317 - X-ray angiography apparatus: An X-ray angiography apparatus includes a C-arm, a support mechanism which rotatably supports the C-arm, a rotation driving unit which drives rotation of the C-arm, an X-ray tube mounted on the C-arm, an X-ray detector mounted on the C-arm in a direction to face the X-ray tube, and a rotation... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070104318 - System and method for supplying power to x-ray imaging systems: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for providing power to an x-ray imaging system including: sensing an electrical signal from a second power source; and routing the electrical signal from the second power source through at least one switch to an x-ray imaging system in response to... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070104319 - X-ray generating method and x-ray generating apparatus: An anticathode is repeatedly moved along a rotating axis of the anticathode while the anticathode is rotated around the rotating axis. Then, energy beams are irradiated onto a surface portion of the anticathode which is located against a centrifugal force generated from the rotation of the anticathode to partially melt... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070104320 - X-ray flux management device: The invention is directed to an x-ray flux management device that adaptively attenuates an x-ray beam to limit the incident flux reaching a subject and radiographic detectors in potentially high-flux areas while not affecting the incident flux and detector measurements in low-flux regions. While the invention is particularly well-suited for... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (gems)

20070104321 - Antiscatter grid for reducing a scattered radiation in an x-ray machine, and x-ray machine having an antiscatter grid: To prevent an imaging of an antiscatter grid particularly effectively, even in the case of dynamic applications, an antiscatter grid is disclosed for an X-ray detector which exhibits an active pixel matrix. The antiscatter grid, in at least one embodiment, includes absorbing laminas, aligned substantially parallel to the direction of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070098132 - Discrete sampling of gamma ray field over multiple portions using multiple heads with spaces between the different portions: A medical imaging system, e.g., a computed tomography system includes at least one radiation detector that is relatively rotatable with respect to an object of interest. The angular range is divided into discrete continuous acquisition ranges and unsampled angular ranges, wherein the discrete continuous acquisition ranges are separated by unsampled... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070098133 - Method for increasing the resolution of a ct image during image reconstruction: The resolution of an image produced by a CT imaging system is increased by employing an image reconstruction method that takes advantage of the redundant attenuation measurements made during a typical scan. An initial image is reconstructed with a filtered backprojection technique using the projection views acquired during the scan.... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070098135 - Method for the reconstruction of a tomographic representation of an object: A method is disclosed for the iterative analytical reconstruction of a tomographic representation of an object from projection data of a moving radiation source through this object onto a detector. In an embodiment of the method, corrections are undertaken iteratively with the aid of back projections of the object to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070098134 - X-ray computed tomography apparatus and method of analyzing x-ray computed tomogram data: An X-ray computed tomography apparatus calculates transfer functions h(t) using a time-concentration curve Ca(t) for pixels of a cerebral artery and a time-concentration curve Ci(t) for pixels of cerebral tissues including capillary vessels and then calculates a delay time for each pixel of an object region from a time when... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070098136 - Method for calculating computed tomography pictures from detector data of a ct having at least two radiation sources: A method is for calculating computed tomography pictures from detector data of a CT that uses at least two radiation sources that generate different conical beams. A spatial distribution of attenuation values of a scanned object is reconstructed with the aid of detector data of a first relatively large conical... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070098139 - Method and system of dynamically controlling shaping time of a photon counting energy-sensitive radiation detector to accommodate variations in incident radiation flux levels: A method and system of counting and tagging radiation energy received by a radiation detector is presented. The method and system are designed to dynamically control the sampling window or shaping time characteristics of a photon counting detector to accommodate variations of flux experienced by the detector so as to... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (gems)

20070098137 - Method of assembly and thermal management of ct detector electronics circuits: Disclosed herein is a method for assembly of Computed Tomography (CT) Detector electronic circuits. A thermally conductive adhesive is dispensed on a first side of a first circuit board, the first circuit board having a plurality of ball grid arrays and a plurality of thermal sensors attached to the first... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070098138 - X-ray detector and x-ray ct apparatus: To realize an X-ray detector and an X-ray CT apparatus with improved efficiency for X-ray utilization while leaving gaps existing among solid state detectors which are arranged two-dimensionally. A scintillator has a parallelepiped structure in which a top face and an under face are deviated from each other in a... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070098140 - Radiographic imaging method and apparatus: A radiographic imaging method controls a radiographic imaging apparatus comprises a support member which supports the subject while defining a backward direction going from the center of the rotation to the back of the subject. The method sets two rotational positions at which the backward direction and an irradiation direction... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070098141 - Method and arrangement relating to x-ray imaging: A novel X-ray apparatus is provided for three-dimensional imaging and in particular for tomosynthesis examination, which includes an X-ray source having a focal spot, a collimator including a plurality of slits, a detector assembly including a plurality of line detectors corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of slits and... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070098142 - X-ray inspection based on scatter detection: Systems and methods for inspecting an object with a scanned beam of penetrating radiation are disclosed. Scattered radiation from the beam is detected, in either the backward or forward direction. Characteristic values of the backscattered radiation are compared to expected reference values to characterize the object. Additionally, penetrating radiation transmitted... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070098143 - Anode cooling system for an x-ray tube: In some embodiments, an anode cooling system for a rotating-anode type X-ray tube includes a heat pipe arrangement comprising an evaporator part coupled to an anode, a condenser part coupled to a bearing of the anode, and a plurality of heat pipes arranged in mutually opposing configuration, in-between the evaporator... Agent: International Patent Counselors

20070098144 - Air flux director system for x-ray tubes: A cooling system (12) for an x-ray tube assembly (10) includes a heat exchanger (14, 16) which receives cooling fluid from a housing (40) of the x-ray tube assembly and transfers the heat to a flow of air. A fan (90), such as an axial fan, directs the flow of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards