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X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices March listing by industry category 03/10

20100074393 - Beam filter, particularly for x-rays: The invention relates to a beam filter (10) that can particularly be used in spectral CT-applications for producing a desired intensity profile of a radiation beam without changing its spectral composition. In a preferred embodiment, the beam filter (10) comprises a stack of absorbing sheets (111) that are separated by... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100074392 - X-ray tube with multiple electron sources and common electron deflection unit: It is described an X-ray tube (100, 200) for moving a focal spot within a wide range. The X-ray tube (100, 200) comprises a first electron source (105), which is adapted to generate a first electron beam projecting along a first beam path (107a, 107b), a second electron source (110),... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100074394 - X-ray computerized tomography apparatus, breathing indication apparatus and medical imaging apparatus: An X-ray computed tomographic apparatus includes a gantry 100 including an X-ray tube 101 which generates X-rays and an X-ray detector 103 which detects X-rays transmitted through a subject to be examined, a reconstruction device 114 which generates tomogram data on the basis of an output from the X-ray detector,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100074395 - Method to determine phase and/or amplitude between interfering, adjacent x-ray beams in a detector pixel in a talbot interferometer: In a method to determine phase and/or amplitude between interfering, adjacent x-ray beams in a detector pixel in a Talbot interferometer for projective and tomographical x-ray phase contrast imaging and/or x-ray dark field imaging, after an irradiation of the examination subject with at least two coherent or quasi-coherent x-rays, an... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20100074396 - Medical imaging with black silicon photodetector: Medical imaging may be accomplished with a high photoconductive gain at a relatively low operating voltage by employing a black silicon photodetector and integrating CMOS components with elements of the photodetector.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100074397 - Method for detecting x-ray radiation and x-ray system: A method is disclosed for detecting X-ray radiation from an X-ray emitter. In at least one embodiment of the method, an electric pulse with a pulse amplitude characteristic of the energy of a quantum is generated when a quantum of the X-ray radiation impinges on a sensor, wherein a number... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100074398 - Motion control method and motion control module, image processing actuation method and image processing actuation module: A motion control method is disclosed for controlling a relative scan feed motion of an object bearing device toward a scanner unit of a computed tomography system. Here, scan motion control signals are generated parallel to the scan feed motion for controlling the scan feed motion, which scan motion control... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100074399 - High resolution pet breast imager with improved detection efficiency: A highly efficient PET breast imager for detecting lesions in the entire breast including those located close to the patient's chest wall. The breast imager includes a ring of imaging modules surrounding the imaged breast. Each imaging module includes a slant imaging light guide inserted between a gamma radiation sensor... Agent: Auzville Jackson, Jr.

20100074400 - Radiation imaging and therapy apparatus for breast: A breast radiation imaging and therapy apparatus for performing radiation imaging of a breast and having a therapy function of applying radiation to an affected part in the breast. The apparatus includes: (i) a table formed with an opening for allowing a breast of an examinee to pass through; (ii)... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20100074402 - Dental radiology apparatus and associated method of use: at least one radiation sensor (20a, 20b) including a first, a second and a third image acquisition surface which are each positioned opposite an appropriate form of slit in order to use the apparatus in panoramic mode, cone beam tomographic mode and mode determining a trajectory which will be used... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100074401 - Intraoral x-ray system: An improved intraoral x-ray system that includes a dental tray with the shape of a dental arch and can be positioned within the oral cavity, for accommodating image detectors at the lingual (or, palatal) side of the tray; an image processing system, situated external to said oral cavity, for converting... Agent: Marsteller & Associates

20100074403 - Panoramic dental radiology apparatus and associated method of use: A dental radiology apparatus includes an X-radiation generator and a sensor opposite it receiving radiation from the generator. The apparatus produces a panoramic image of an object by displacement of the assembly formed of the generator and the sensor along a given trajectory in a plane, the generator having at... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100074404 - X-ray fluoroscopic system: In the X-ray fluoroscopic system having a tracking function of obtaining a moving amount of the table 2, which is necessary for performing tilting or rotational tracking, and moving the table, based on an arithmetic operation using a distance h obtained by totalizing a distance d from the surface of... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20100074405 - Test method: To provide a method and device for testing the size and conductivity of a foreign material adhered to a substrate for a liquid crystal display device, there is provided a method of testing whether a foreign material including a metal element is adhered to a substrate for a liquid crystal... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20100074406 - Reverse x-ray photoelectron holography device and its measuring method: [Means for Solving Problems] A Reverse X-ray photoelectron holography measuring method where a measurement sample is irradiated with an electron beans, incident angle and rotation angle of the electron beam are varied by varying the posture of the measurement sample to the electron beam, and a variation in intensity of... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20100074408 - Determination of a planning volume for irradiation of a body: A system for irradiating a predetermined target volume in a body with a particle beam is constructed to direct the particle beam at a multiplicity of target points in the body in succession, in order to produce at each of the target points a predetermined dose distribution. For the system... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20100074409 - Method and apparatus for preventing neurodegeneration: A method for treating, preventing and/or reducing neurodegeneration in subjects with neurodegenerative disease, such as those neurodegenerative diseases that affect the eye, including glaucoma, using radiation, such as gamma radiation or X-ray radiation, either alone or together with a bone marrow transfer treatment. The method includes irradiating a targeted area... Agent: Vedder Price, PC

20100074407 - Treatment of lesions or imperfections in skin, near-skin or in other anatomic tissues, including under direct visualization: An apparatus and method for treatment of lesions or imperfections in or near exposed anatomic surfaces using low-level ionizing radiation includes a substantially transparent applicator to administer radiation from an energy source to a surface area with the lesion. The applicator is positioned over the lesion to be treated, a... Agent: Thomas M. Freiburger

20100074410 - Transmission type x-ray tube and manufacturing method thereof: A transmission type X-ray tube includes an electrode lead holding a cathode filament and a stem unit to which a sealing member, an exhaust tube, and the like are attached by brazing, and an irradiation window frame having an X-ray irradiation window attached by brazing. The other end side of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20100074411 - X-ray tube window: In one example embodiment, an x-ray transmissive window includes an inner surface and an outer surface. An x-ray beam emitted by the x-ray system defines a beam path area on the inner surface of the window and a beam path area on the outer surface of the window. The inner... Agent: Workman Nydegger/varian 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20100074412 - Radiographic image detection apparaus: In a radiographic image detection apparatus that can perform long-size radiography on a region of a patient that is larger than the detection range of a radiographic image detector, inclination of a radiographic image is corrected at high speed. The inclination angle of the radiographic image detector at each position... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20100074413 - Device for optimization of experimental parameters on synchrotron beam lines: Enhanced methods and a device enabling a plurality of tools for implementing a plurality of procedures for the accurate alignment and calibration of multiple components of the experimental set up at a synchrotron beam line are provided. The device includes an alignment pin or needle for centering a sample rotation... Agent: Joan Pennington

20100074414 - Dose measuring method, and phantom and x-ray radiographic device used in dose measuring method: The present invention provides a dose measuring method which can more easily measure radiation doses in the whole region to which X-rays are radiated, and a phantom and an X-ray radiographic device which are used in the dose measuring method. In measuring doses by mounting a film-type dosimeter on a... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20100067647 - Dose-sparing tomographic imaging: P

20100067648 - Radiation imaging apparatus and method for breast: A radiation imaging apparatus in which early recognition of breast cancer can be made possible by acquiring both a radiation tomographic image that accurately displays a tumor mass and a radiation planar image that accurately displays calcification. The apparatus includes an image processing unit for generating a tomographic image signal... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20100067649 - Multiple rotation c-arm: Current C-arm examination devices are not capable of performing 360 degrees rotations. The reason for this is that the cabling which connects the external cabinets to the detector, collimator and x-ray tube does not allow for such a rotation. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an examination... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100067650 - X-ray ct imaging apparatus and imaging control method therefor: An X-ray CT imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generating section, an X-ray image capturing section, a supporting section, a holding section, a rotation driving section, and an X-ray controlling section, wherein the X-ray generating section generates an X-ray cone beam, the X-ray image capturing section detects the X-ray cone beam... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Koda & Androlia

20100067651 - Methods and apparatus for x-ray imaging with focal spot deflection: Methods and apparatus for x-ray imaging with focal spot deflection are provided. The apparatus includes an x-ray tube having a cathode configured to emit electrons and an anode having a target with a target surface defining a target angle. The emitted electrons are deflected onto the target surface with the... Agent: Dean D. Small The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20100067652 - X-ray ct apparatus: An X-ray CT apparatus includes: a base; a main frame including a pair of tilt shafts, the main frame being supported in a tiltable manner by the base with a pair of bearings interposed in between, the bearings configured to rotatably support the respective tilt shafts; an X-ray tube and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100067653 - Optical element for radiation in the euv and/or soft x-ray region and an optical system with at least one optical element: An optical element, especially a normal-incidence collector mirror, for radiation in the EUV and/or soft X-ray region of wavelengths is described. The element has a substrate, a multilayer coating with an optically active region, and a capacitor, having a first and a second capacitor electrode. At least one layer of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100067654 - Security system for screening people: The present invention is directed towards an X-ray people screening system capable of rapidly screening people for detection of metals, low Z materials (plastics, ceramics and illicit drugs) and other contraband which might be concealed beneath the person's clothing or on the person's body. In an exemplary embodiment, the scanning... Agent: Patentmetrix

20100067655 - Radiation image photographing method and apparatus: A radiation image photographing apparatus capable of easily obtaining a high quality long length image representing the entirety of a subject by combining a plurality of images, without a noticeable step density difference at a joint, obtained by serially radiographing a plurality of adjacent areas of the subject using the... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20100067656 - Orthovoltage radiotherapy: A radiosurgery system is described that is configured to deliver a therapeutic dose of radiation to a target structure in a patient. In some embodiments, inflammatory ocular disorders are treated, specifically macular degeneration. In some embodiments, other disorders or tissues of a body are treated with the dose of radiation.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100067657 - Orthovoltage radiotherapy: A radiosurgery system is described that is configured to deliver a therapeutic dose of radiation to a target structure in a patient. In some embodiments, inflammatory ocular disorders are treated, specifically macular degeneration. In some embodiments, other disorders or tissues of a body are treated with the dose of radiation.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100067658 - Orthovoltage radiotherapy: A radiosurgery system is described that is configured to deliver a therapeutic dose of radiation to a target structure in a patient. In some embodiments, inflammatory ocular disorders are treated, specifically macular degeneration. In some embodiments, other disorders or tissues of a body are treated with the dose of radiation.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100067659 - Device and method for immobilizing patients for breast radiation therapy: According to the improved systems and methods described herein, a patient may be immobilized so that one or both breasts are returned to a known position. Additionally, the improved systems and methods reduce respiratory movement of the breasts. Thus, the immobilization devices and techniques described herein provide accurate and reproducible... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100067660 - Controlling x-ray imaging based on target motion: An image guided treatment is performed to treat a target. To perform the image guided treatment, measurement data indicative of target motion is acquired. A timing of one or more x-ray images is determined based on the measurement data. Treatment may be performed on the target using the position of... Agent: Accuray/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20100067661 - Apparatus for a surface graded x-ray tube insulator and method of assembling same: An insulator for a vacuum tube is disclosed and includes an electrically insulative bulk material and a first antiferroelectric coating applied to a first portion of the bulk material.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20100067662 - Switching scheme for a stereo rotating anode tube: For x-ray tubes the focal spot temperature is a critical factor. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an examination apparatus is provided which has a synchronisation unit providing an operation mode for a stereo tube in which the anode rotation frequency is synchronised with the switching frequency... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100067663 - Cathode: A cathode HAS a cathode head in which a surface emitter is arranged that emits electrons upon application of a heating voltage. The surface emitter is fashioned as a parallel surface emitter with at least two emitter surfaces spaced apart from one another, to which at least one electrically conductive... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20100067664 - X-ray generating apparatus: According to the X-ray generating apparatus of this invention, a potential corresponding to that of a housing is applied to a first electrode, closest to a cathode, of at least two intermediate electrodes arranged between the cathode and a target. Therefore, even if the first electrode with an increased thermal... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20100061504 - Ct imaging system: The invention relates to a CT imaging system for determining the flow of a substance within an object, wherein the CT imaging system comprises a polychromatic X-ray source and an energy-resolving X-ray detector for obtaining detection signals depending on the X-ray radiation after passing through the object. A calculation unit... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100061505 - Edge detection for computed tomography projection data compression: A compression subsystem for a computed tomography system compresses projection data to for efficient data transfer and storage. The compression includes detecting edges in the projection data corresponding to the object being imaged to set boundaries for compression operations. The edge detection compares difference samples to positive and negative thresholds... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20100061506 - Radiation-and-detection system: The invention relates to radiation-and-detection system comprising a radiation unit (2) for alternately illuminating a detection unit (6) with radiation of a first emanating region (15) at first time intervals and with radiation of a second emanating region (16) at second time intervals, wherein first detection values are detected at... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100061507 - X-ray apparatus: An X-ray apparatus according to this invention includes an X-raying condition fixing controller for carrying out controls to cause an X-ray emission from an X-ray tube on X-raying conditions effective when an X-ray emission is stopped by the automatic exposure controller, and turning off automatic exposure control by the automatic... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20100061508 - Radiation phase image radiographing apparatus: A radiation phase image radiographing apparatus, including a radiation emission unit having multiple radiation sources for emitting radiation onto a subject, the radiation sources being distributed such that radiation emitted from each of the radiation sources and transmitted through the subject forms a part of a projected image of the... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20100061509 - Detector head proximity sensing and collision avoidance apparatuses and methods: A gamma camera (8, 180) includes at least one radiation detector head (10, 12, 210, 212). At least one such radiation detector head (10, 12, 210, 212) includes a plurality of capacitive elements (60, 260, 76, 276) disposed over at least a radiation sensitive portion (50) of the radiation detector... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100061510 - Apparatus and method to facilitate adapting a radiation treatment plan: An existing radiation treatment plan is accessed for a given patient as well as first information (such as automatically generated updated information) regarding at least one physical characteristic as corresponds to the radiation treatment of this patient. One then initiates, prior to receiving second information (such as user input) regarding... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery Varian Medical Systems

20100061511 - Modulatable radiation collimator: The invention specifies a radiation collimator, in particular an x-ray collimator, which can be arranged between a radiation source outputting radiation and an object. The radiation collimator includes absorber channels arranged adjacent to one another which form a two-dimensional collimator aperture in the form of a matrix and a first... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100061512 - X-ray source and detector configuration for a non-translational x-ray diffraction system: A system and method for scanning objects using a non-translational x-ray diffraction (XRD) system is disclosed. The system includes a scanning area through which an object to be scanned traverses and a distributed x-ray source having a plurality of focal spot locations. The distributed x-ray source is affixed on the... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20100061513 - Electromagnetic wave/particle beam spectroscopic method and electromagnetic wave/particle beam spectroscopic instrument: The present invention provides an electromagnetic wave/particle beam spectroscopic instrument that is not easily deteriorated in spectroscopic capability, and is resistant to electromagnetic noise, vibrations, heavy sound, heat and specific particle beams of interest, particle beams other than electromagnetic waves, electric noise due to electromagnetic waves, mechanical destruction, and recoiling... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20100061514 - Systems and methods for developing a secondary collimator: A method for developing a secondary collimator is described. The method includes orienting a plurality of collimator elements in a plane such that a gap is defined between a first collimator element and a second collimator element. The first collimator element has a first curved end, and the first curved... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22697) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20100061515 - Motion detection by direct imaging during radiotherapy: An apparatus, method, system, and means to detect motion of a subject by direct imaging on a treatment plane during a radiotherapy treatment, the method includes delivering a radiotherapy treatment beam to a volume of interest of the subject during a treatment time, acquiring image data during the treatment time... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100061516 - Electron beam controller of an x-ray radiator with two or more electron beams: An x-ray tube has a number of emitters that generate respective electron beams, and has a common anode at which the electron beams strike on a surface to generate x-rays. A high x-ray dose power with a long lifespan are achieved while being able to quickly vary the x-ray dose... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20100061517 - Diode for flash radiography: A flash radiography diode includes a cathode and an anode. The cathode includes a frustum member with a bore extending through the frustum member. The anode is a tapered anode made of an electrically conductive material and oriented toward the cathode. The anode and the cathode are housed in a... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20100061518 - Miniaturized source of ionizing electromagnetic radiation: The invention is directed to a miniaturized source (10; 20; 40; 80) of ionizing electromagnetic radiation, comprising a first electrode (11; 21; 41, 42; 81), which at least temporarily can function as a cathode, and a second electrode (12; 22; 43, 44, 45; 82), which at least temporarily can function... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20100061519 - Shutter mechanism for collimating x-rays: A shutter mechanism for collimating x-rays has two parallel drive shafts and two parallel guide shafts orthogonal to the drive shafts to define a rectangular aperture. Two flexible bands moving around a generally rectangular path about the aperture independently control the positions of each set of shutters. Two cams on... Agent: Dorr, Carson & Birney, P.C. One Cherry Center

20100061520 - Grid for selective transmission of electromagnetic radiation with structural element built by selective laser sintering: The present disclosure concerns a grid for selective transmission of electromagnetic radiation, particularly X-ray radiation, that has at least one structural element (2) that was built by means of selective laser sintering of an essentially radiation-opaque powder material, and it also discloses a method of manufacturing a grid for selective... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100061521 - Transparent film for attaching markers or symbols to medical devices or body surface areas of patients: A transparent film for attaching markers or symbols to medical devices or body surface areas of patients is provided. A first surface of the film is prepared such that it is as smooth and resistant to cleaning agents as possible. The second surface facing the first surface is imprinted with... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20100061522 - Method to correct imaging errors of an x-ray image intensifier system and associated x-ray image intensifier system: An image intensifier system has an image converter tube to convert incident x-ray radiation into visible light and a digital camera system optically downstream of the image converter tube. The camera system has an image sensor to convert the incident, visible light into digital images, and an electronic image processing... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20100054393 - External smoothing for tomographic image reconstruction: Smoothing a first object, thereby creating a smoothed object having a smoothed value associated with each object point in object space, includes receiving the first object, determining, in a series of iteration steps, single-kernel-smoothed objects, wherein each iteration step includes based on the first object, determining a start object and... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100054394 - Method and system for image reconstruction: A method and system for image reconstruction of data acquired by a device such as computed tomography is provided. The method and system use a multi-stage statistical iterative reconstruction techniques to provide a three dimensional representation of the scanned object. In one embodiment, the first stage uses a projection-based reconstruction... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100054395 - X-ray computer tomography apparatus: An X-ray computer tomography apparatus includes an X-ray tube, a two-dimensional array type X-ray detector, a rotating mechanism, a pair of collimators, a collimator moving mechanism which separately moves the pair of collimators in a direction almost parallel to a rotation axis, a reconstruction processing unit which reconstructs image data... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100054396 - Method of calibration for computed tomography scanners utilized in quality control applications: A method of calibrating a computed tomography system includes the steps of mounting a scan geometry defining tool on a rotating object positioning unit of a computer tomography scanner. The scan geometry defining tool has structure of precisely measured dimensions. A beam is directed from an x-ray source of the... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20100054397 - Method and arrangement for improving tomographic determinations, particularly suitable for inspection of steel reinforcement bars in concrete structures: A method and arrangement for improving tomographic determinations by means of radiation, specially suitable for steel bars in concrete. The method comprising irradiating said body with penetrating radiation, recording said radiation transmitted through said body in recording means; providing a reference system with a plurality of independently identified and individualized... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.A.

20100054398 - Radiographic apparatus and radiographic method: A radiographic apparatus controls the irradiation of a subject with radiation on the basis of a comparison result between an irradiation area calculated on the basis of an opening area of an aperture and a detection area of radiation of an image data generator that detects radiation that has been... Agent: Solaris Intellectual Property Group, PLLC

20100054399 - Radiographic image detection device and radiographic image detection system: A radiographic image detection device includes a radiation detector and a handle portion. The radiation detector detects radiation that has passed through a subject and has been irradiated thereon, and outputs image information expressing a radiographic image corresponding to a detected radiation amount. The handle portion is provided at a... Agent: Solaris Intellectual Property Group, PLLC

20100054401 - Method and device for quality management in mammography apparatus: The present invention relates to a device and method for quality management (5) in a mammography apparatus (10), said apparatus comprising an X-ray source capable of directing a X-ray beam, a breast immobilization means (16, 18), and an X-ray image sensor system (20), said X-ray image sensor system (20) comprising... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20100054402 - Method for positioning the breast for a biopsy in a mammography device, and mammography device to implement the method: In a method and a mammography device, a virtual mask is created from an x-ray image of the breast for positioning the breast for a biopsy. The mask reproduces the image region covered by the breast tissue. A region targeted for the biopsy, and located within the breast tissue, is... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20100054400 - Multi-mode tomosynthesis/mammography gain calibration and image correction using gain map information from selected projection angles: A multi-mode tomosynthesis/mammography system and method in which a mammography gain map is used to gain correct mammographic images of a patient's breast but enhanced gain maps for respective projection angled are used to correct tomosynthesis images acquired with the same system.... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20100054403 - Panoramic x-ray photographing apparatus and method for photographing using the same: Disclosed herein is a panoramic X-ray photographing apparatus and a method for photographing using the same. The present invention relates to the panoramic X-ray photographing apparatus capable of conducting a panoramic photographing without generating X-ray in neck cervical vertebrae part employing a rotary arm driven in 3-axis direction. In case... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20100054405 - Imaging device: An imaging device includes an imager 7 which images an X-ray image generated by X-ray irradiation; an X-ray detector 90 which detects X-ray irradiation and outputs a detected signal showing the result of the detection; an EP-ROM 93a storing an offset value of the X-ray detector 90; and a signal... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20100054407 - Photoelectric conversion apparatus and photoelectric conversion system having the apparatus: In order to provide a photoelectric conversion apparatus, which is an apparatus excellent in reading speed, high S/N, high tone level, and low cost, the photoelectric conversion apparatus has a photoelectric conversion circuit section comprising a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, switching elements, matrix signal wires, and gate drive wires... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20100054404 - Radiographic imaging apparatus and control method thereof: A radiographic imaging apparatus includes a radiation generator which irradiates an object with radiation, a detection unit which detects the radiation generated by the radiation generator and transmitted through the object, thereby shooting a radiographic image, and a control unit which controls radiographic imaging by the radiation generator and the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20100054406 - Radiographic imaging system, radiographic imaging device, control device, and radiographic imaging control method: There is provided a radiographic imaging system including: a radiographic imaging device including a generating section that captures a radiographic image expressed by irradiated radiation and generates image information expressing the captured radiographic image, and a first communication section that transmits, plural times and by wireless communication and even during... Agent: Solaris Intellectual Property Group, PLLC

20100054411 - Interactive treatment plan optimization for radiation therapy: An interactive method for radiation treatment planning is disclosed. The method applies to staged treatment planning algorithms, as used, for example, with arc therapy. It allows the user to hold the optimization algorithm at a stage in order to make adjustments to the objective function before advancing to the next... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP (varian)

20100054408 - Irradiation device and collimator: An irradiation device for radiation treatment and a collimator (1) are used to define a beam of high-energy rays (2) with beam limitation by means of an iris diaphragm (5) having adjusting elements (7), and a mechanism that is used to direct the beams (2′) limited by the collimator (1)... Agent: Kohler Schmid Moebus

20100054414 - Medical radiotherapy assembly: The invention relates to a radiotherapy assembly comprising a particle emitter with an exit window for a fixed particle stream and a patient support device comprising a patient couch, which can be brought into an irradiation position that is suitable for irradiating a patient in front of the exit window.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20100054412 - Motion estimation in treatment planning: An apparatus includes a scanner (102, 104) and a scanning motion monitor (100). A motion modeler (116) uses data from the scanning motion monitor (100) and the scanner (102, 104) to generate a motion model which describes motion of a region of interest of an object. A treatment planner (112)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100054409 - Patient setup error evaluation and error minimizing setup correction in association with radiotherapy treatment: In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, in a processor, information indicative of (i) a treatment plan defining planned treatment beams, (ii) a patient volume relative to a reference, (iii) ideal intersections of the planned treatment beams with the patient volume at the time the patient is to be treated,... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100054413 - System and method of calculating dose uncertainty: A dose calculation tool operable to generate a variance map that represents a dose uncertainty. The variance map illustrates on a point-by-point basis where high uncertainty in the dose may exist and where low uncertainty in the dose may exist. The dose uncertainty is a result of an error in... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20100054410 - Trajectory optimization method: A method for determining a radiation treatment plan includes defining a part of a treatment using control points, defining dose calculation points, calculating dose in the dose calculation points, and changing a number of the dose calculation points. A method for determining a radiation treatment plan includes modeling a first... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group (varian)

20100054415 - Phase contrast imaging: Phase contrast imaging is achieved using a sample mask 8 and a detector mask (6). X-rays emitted from x-ray source (2) are formed into individual beams (16) by sample mask which pass through sample (14) and arrive at individual pixels (12) of the detector (4) through detector mask (6). The... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20100054416 - Radiographic imaging assistance device, radiographic imaging device and storage medium storing a program: A radiographic imaging assistance device is provided. An acquisition component acquires position information representing positions of defective pixels of an imaging device, the imaging device being plurally provided with pixels comprising detection elements which detect radiation that has passed through a subject of imaging, and the imaging device carrying out... Agent: Solaris Intellectual Property Group, PLLC

20100054417 - Portable radiographic imaging apparatus and radiographic image management apparatus: There is provided a portable radiographic imaging apparatus including: an image output unit which detects a radiation which penetrates an object to be imaged and is irradiated on a surface to be irradiated of a casing, and outputs data of a radiographic image which represents a distribution of an amount... Agent: Solaris Intellectual Property Group, PLLC

20100054418 - X-ray detecting element: The present invention provides an X-ray detecting element that can obtain radiation images by X-rays of different energies by irradiation of X-rays a single time, without positional offset arising. A first scintillator is provided at an outer side of a sensor portion and a sensor portion of one surface side... Agent: Solaris Intellectual Property Group, PLLC

20100054419 - Radiographic imaging apparatus and method: A cooling unit is provided in a storage section to locally cool a heat generating portion of an imaging device and to thereby reduce nonuniformity of the distribution of the temperature in the imaging device. Detectors detect a mount orientation of the imaging device, that is, whether the imaging device... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20100054420 - Adjusting device for barrier blade of scattered x-ray: An adjusting device for a barrier blade includes a barrier blade for limiting scattered X-ray of a tube and a base plate for mounting the barrier blade. The adjusting device also includes a barrier blade support and a drive unit, wherein said barrier blade support includes a sliding post; said... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (20459) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20100054421 - Structure for a rod radiation source and its calibration phantom: A rod radiation source and its calibration phantom structure mainly have an anti-leak filter layer on one side of a lower lamination layer, and have the anti-leak filter layer evenly deposited with plural drops of liquid radiation sources with each drop of radiation source neighboring but not overlapping, and use... Agent: Michael Lin

20100054422 - X-ray imaging apparatus: An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray generation control unit configured to control the X-ray tube with a controller and a power supply, and a holding unit configured to hold the X-ray tube. The holding unit includes two support legs to be spread at an arbitrary angle,... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20100054423 - X-ray diagnostic imaging apparatus and x-ray apparatus: An X-ray generation unit and an X-ray detection unit are held by an arm. Image data is generated based on X-ray projection data which is generated by the X-ray detection unit. A first support member supports the arm and rotates the arm in a first rotation direction. A second support... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20100054424 - Integrated patient positioning and radiation quality assurance system and method: High intensity x-ray radiation therapy is used in the medical industry to treat tumors. Patients typically receive radiation treatment over a period of time, in which a quality assurance test of the x-ray beam is performed before each treatment. These quality assurance tests are performed by a detection device that... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department