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Surgery > Diagnostic Testing > Detecting Nuclear, Electromagnetic, Or Ultrasonic Radiation > With Tomographic Imaging Obtained From Electromagnetic Wave With Tomographic Imaging Obtained From Electromagnetic WaveWith Tomographic Imaging Obtained From Electromagnetic Wave patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.12/28/06 - 20060293594 - Device for carrying out intravascular examinations The invention relates to a device for carrying out intravascular examinations, with which image data generated by an intravascular imaging device and electrocardiography signals measured by an electrocardiography device are displayed by means of a device for simultaneously displaying in subareas of a monitor. ... 11/23/06 - 20060264743 - Method for tomographically displaying a cavity by optical coherence tomography (oct) and an oct device for carrying out the method The invention relates to a method for tomographically displaying a cavity by optical coherence tomography (OCT) and to an OCT device, wherein the path length of a measuring light beam in the catheter can change as a result of a movement of the catheter and brings about a change in ... 11/09/06 - 20060253022 - System and method for managing power deactivation within a medical imaging system A medical imaging system includes a medical imaging device, a medical imaging control subsystem, and an activation unit. The medical imaging control subsystem includes a processing unit and a monitor. The processing unit is in communication with the medical imaging device and the monitor. The activation unit is operatively connected ... 10/26/06 - 20060241403 - Method and ct unit for taking x-ray ct pictures of a patient's beating heart A method and a CT unit are disclosed for taking cardio X-ray CT pictures, in the case of which a synthetic clock signal is used to display a clock, during each cycle phase of the synthetic clock signal. Test volume data records of the heart are reconstructed at a number ... 10/26/06 - 20060241402 - X-ray ct apparatus and myocardial perfusion image generating system An X-ray CT apparatus 1 comprises a blood-flow information acquisition unit, a correction value calculating unit and a blood-flow image generating unit 24e. The blood-flow information acquisition unit obtains information of a relative blood flow rate in the myocardium of the subject P based on the CT image. The correction ... 10/19/06 - 20060235294 - System and method for fused pet-ct visualization for heart unfolding A method for fusing two digitized image datasets for 2-dimensional visualization of the heart, includes providing a first digitized image and a second digitized image, each image acquired from a different imaging modality and each comprising a plurality of intensities corresponding to a domain of points on a 3-dimensional grid, ... 10/19/06 - 20060235293 - Method and computed tomography system for producing tomograms of an object A method and a computed tomography system are disclosed for producing computed tomograms of an object. A set of detector output data that represent beams over a specific angular range and a scan of a specific subregion of the object, are divided into m≧2 complete partial detector output data records ... 10/05/06 - 20060224065 - Intravascular imaging detector An apparatus for intravascular imaging to detect and characterize early stage, unstable coronary arty plaques. The detector works by identifying and localizing plaque-binding beta-emitting radiopharmaceuticals. ... 10/05/06 - 20060224064 - Methods and apparatus for reducing spurious signals in implantable medical devices caused by x-ray radiation An implantable medical device (IMD) includes a detector for detecting the presence of x-ray radiation, where the presence of x-ray radiation is detected in response to the strength of the x-ray radiation exceeding a first threshold. In one embodiment, the IMD includes a processor for adjusting a cardiac stimulation rate ... 09/21/06 - 20060211941 - Arrangement and method for the spatially resolved determination of state variables in an examination area The present invention relates to a method for the spatially resolved determination of mechanical, physical, chemical and/or biological properties or state variables and/or the change in mechanical, physical, chemical and/or biological properties or state variables in an examination area of an examination object by means of the following steps: a) ... 08/31/06 - 20060195032 - Intravascular imaging detector An apparatus for intravascular imaging to detect and characterize early stage, unstable coronary arty plaques. The detector works by identifying and localizing plaque-binding beta-emitting radiopharmaceuticals. ... 08/31/06 - 20060195031 - Intravascular imaging detector An apparatus for intravascular imaging to detect and characterize early stage, unstable coronary arty plaques. The detector works by identifying and localizing plaque-binding beta-emitting radiopharmaceuticals. ... 08/17/06 - 20060184012 - Method for operating a medical imaging apparatus to correct for deflection of the patient support board In a method for operation of an imaging medical apparatus, a recumbent board supporting an examination subject is positioned in the scan region of the medical-technical apparatus, an exposure of both a section of the recumbent board and of a part of the tissue of the examination subject to be ... 08/10/06 - 20060178577 - Intravascular imaging detector An apparatus for intravascular imaging to detect and characterize early stage, unstable coronary arty plaques. The detector works by identifying and localizing plaque-binding beta-emitting radiopharmaceuticals. ... 08/03/06 - 20060173292 - Biological tissue motion trace method and image diagnosis device using the trace method A one frame image of a moving image formed by producing tomographic images of an object to be examined is displayed (S2), a mark is superposed on a designated portion of a tissue the movement of which is tracked in the displayed one frame image (S3), a cutout image of ... 06/08/06 - 20060122501 - Methods and apparatus for selecting and/or labeling vessel branches A method for selecting and/or labeling a vessel image includes operating an imaging system to obtain reconstructed image data including a volume having vessels therein. A bone removal routine is then applied to the reconstructed image data to produce a bone-free image. An initial point on a main vessel in ... 06/08/06 - 20060122500 - Imaging method and apparatus for visualizing coronary heart diseases, in particular instances of myocardial infarction damage An imaging method and an apparatus for visualizing coronary heart diseases, in particular instances of myocardial infarction damage, are disclosed. The technique of computed tomography is used to record and reconstruct at least one image of the heart or a region of the heart, which image covers at least one ... 06/08/06 - 20060122499 - Target identification using time-based data sets A system includes acquisition of a first image of a portion of a body, the first image representing the portion during a first phase of motion, acquisition of a second image of the portion of the body, the second image representing the portion during a second phase of motion, generation ... 06/08/06 - 20060122498 - Optical projection tomography Apparatus for obtaining an image of a specimen (6) by optical projection tomography comprises a light scanner, such as a light-scanning confocal microscope (1, 2, 3) for subjecting the specimen (6) to a scanning movement of incident light. ... 05/25/06 - 20060111631 - System, apparatus and method for forensic facial approximation A system, method and apparatus for performing a facial approximation is described. The system includes an acquisition subsystem and a facial approximation algorithm. The method includes the steps of acquiring models of known skulls and a model of a questioned skull, comparing the models of the known skulls with the ... 05/25/06 - 20060111630 - Method of tomographic imaging The invention relates to a method of tomographic imaging, and in particular a CT or MR method, for the repetitive production of diagnostic slice images of a part of a patient's body. To allow a geometrical transformation (2) to be determined, current reference slice images (1) of the part of ... 05/11/06 - 20060100507 - Method for evaluation of medical findings in three-dimensional imaging, in particular in mammography In a method for medical evaluation in three-dimensional imaging, in particular in mammography, projection exposures of a subject to be examined are generated and are stored in electronic form. Slice images are reconstructed from the projection exposures with a reconstruction method. A physician reviews and medically evaluates the slice images ... 05/04/06 - 20060094954 - Method for intelligent qualitative and quantitative analysis assisting digital or digitized radiography softcopy reading The present invention describes a method and system for intelligent diagnostic relevant information processing and analysis. Information associated with a patient is processed via an image reading platform. Based on such processed information, a matrix of diagnosis decisions containing diagnostic related information is generated via a matrix of diagnosis decision ... 04/20/06 - 20060084862 - Optimal view map v.0.01 A method is disclosed which allows for optimally viewing a portion of a patient vascular system to facilitate at least one of diagnosis and treatment the vascular system. The method includes acquiring a model of said vascular system based on image data generated by an imaging device, identifying a portion ... 04/13/06 - 20060079761 - Method for detecting polyps in a three dimensional image volume A method for detecting target objects in a three dimensional (3D) image volume of an anatomical structure is disclosed. A set of candidate locations in the image volume are obtained. For each candidate location, sub-volumes of at least two different scales are cropped out. Each sub-volume comprises a plurality of ... 04/13/06 - 20060079760 - Mr method and apparatus for determining coronal and sagittal image planes from an image data set of a shoulder joint In a method for determination of coronal and sagittal planes for the subsequent acquisition of new magnetic resonance slice images or the representation of magnetic resonance slice images from an existing image data set of a shoulder joint starting from a data set representing a transversal slice image of a ... 04/06/06 - 20060074298 - Cns assay for prediction of therapeutic efficacy for neuropathic pain and other functional illnesses In general, the invention features methods for identifying therapeutic interventions for functional illnesses, e.g., neuropathic pain or depression, and methods for identifying markers for functional illnesses by employing an acute painful stimulus or other stimulus for a functional illness and measuring levels of CNS activity. ... 03/23/06 - 20060064008 - Therapeutic use of radiation and apparatus therefor A radiotherapy apparatus comprises a source of therapeutic radiation adapted to emit radiation along a therapeutic beam axis a source of diagnostic radiation adapted to emit radiation along a diagnostic beam axis, and a detector therefor, the two sources being rotateable in unison about a common axis intersecting with the ... 02/02/06 - 20060025681 - Apparatus and method for measuring anatomical objects using coordinated fluoroscopy Two fluoroscopic images taken from two different angles of the same anatomical feature are registered to a common three-dimensional coordinate system. A dimension of the anatomical feature is determined by specifying with reference to the two registered fluoroscopic images two constrained points within the three-dimensional coordinate system that correspond to ... 02/02/06 - 20060025680 - Method and apparatus for contrast enhanced medical imaging A method and apparatus for breast vascularization from projective images resulting from the attenuations of an X-ray beam across the breast in the presence of an injected contrast-medium product. A series of projective images is acquired for different orientations of the beam, in relation to the breast. The projective images ... 01/26/06 - 20060020200 - Artifact-free ct angiogram A helical scan is performed with a fan beam or cone beam CT system to acquire a first set of sinogram data sets. The subject is injected with a contrast agent and the identical helical scan is performed to acquire a second set of sinogram data sets. Corresponding projection views ... 12/29/05 - 20050288576 - Method and apparatus for control and location of an instrument or appliance The invention relates to an apparatus for location of an instrument or appliance having at least one magnet which produces a magnetic moment at right angles to the appliance shaft and can be rotated independently of the instrument or appliance. This results in a location system which allows precise location ... 12/22/05 - 20050283071 - Imaging volumes with arbitrary geometries in contact and non-contact tomography A method for tomographic imaging of diffuse medium includes directing waves into a diffusive medium, solving a surface-bounded inversion problem by forward field calculations through decomposition of contributions from the multiple reflections from an arbitrary surface within the diffusive medium or outside the diffusive medium into a sum of different ... 12/22/05 - 20050283070 - Systems and methods for qualifying symmetry to evaluate medical images A method and related software are provided for analyzing images such as computerized tomography images obtained from a standard perfusion CT software package. This method converts image values to relative differences, which represents meaningful side-to-side asymmetry. This conversion may be performed by comparing a small region of the scan to ... 12/15/05 - 20050277831 - Method for determining regions of a body part that are undersupplied owing to a vessel closure, and a tomography A method is for determining regions of a body part that are undersupplied owing to a vessel closure, in which a three-dimensional image data record of the body part is compiled with the aid of a tomograph. Vessels of the body part are segmented from the image data record, at ... 12/15/05 - 20050277830 - X-ray ct apparatus and myocardial perfusion image generating system An X-ray CT apparatus 1 for radiating X-ray to a subject P so as to scan the subject P and reconstructing a image within the subject P based on an obtained projection data comprises an image generating unit and a blood-flow image generating unit 24e. The image generating unit generates ... 12/08/05 - 20050273005 - Disc cartridge A disc cartridge comprising a planar casing (120) and a disc shaped media (108) accommodated therein is disclosed wherein, in use, the cartridge is inserted into a corresponding disc drive by first inserting a leading edge (102) of the casing through an aperture of such a disc drive in a ... 11/24/05 - 20050261577 - Automated computer-implemented method and system for reorienting emission computer tomographic myocardial perfusion images An automated computer-implemented method for reorienting ECT myocardial perfusion images of a heart LV. The method includes receiving variously oriented tomographic images; receiving LV long-axis, LV center and LV axial limits based on the images; receiving the endocardial surface of the LV based on the images; determining a reorientation slice ... 11/17/05 - 20050256400 - Method to identify arterial and venous vessels A method for identifying a arteries and veins in a medical image is provided. A start point and endpoints of branches of a segmented tubular tree are identified. Distance maps for each of the endpoints relative to the startpoint are created. Then voxels in between the furthest of the endpoints ... 11/17/05 - 20050256399 - Methods for suppression of items and areas of interest during visualization A method for generating an image includes accessing data of a scan of an object, using at least one characteristic of the accessed data to delineate at least one item of interest in the data and generating a 3D visualization image wherein transparency levels for at least some pixels not ... 11/10/05 - 20050251028 - Method and device for visually supporting an electrophysiological catheter application Method and device for visually supporting an electrophysiological catheter application. ... 11/10/05 - 20050251027 - Fluorescent lifetime biological detection and imaging using water-stable semiconductor nanocrystals A method of detecting target biological molecules in a target sample is provided. The method includes using spectral, temporal, and polarization characteristics of emitted light from water-stable semiconductor nanocrystal complexes to detect the presence of target biological molecules in a target sample. ... 11/03/05 - 20050245818 - System and method for noninvasive diagnostic imaging, detection, and identification of substances by microwave/rf modulation of x-rays and applications in treatment of diseases characterized by the presence of pathological macromolecules or by the need fo A modulated x-ray system and method provide various applications to increase medical diagnoses and treatment as well as non-medical scenarios. At low energy levels, it is used as a sophisticated medical diagnosis tool, localizing and imaging a variety of biological systems and conditions for further characterization, rather than for destruction. ... 10/20/05 - 20050234331 - Method, apparatus and program for obtaining differential image Detection of the difference between images of the same subject obtained at different times is performed effectively. The cardiac phases of the subject are detected, and a current image is obtained through X-raying the subject at the time when the detected cardiac phase corresponds to that of the past image. ... 10/13/05 - 20050228273 - Radiographic imaging apparatus, radiographic imaging program and information recording medium A radiographic imaging apparatus includes: a plane detection device to obtain radiographic image; an injection device communication unit to perform communication with an injection device which automatically injects a contrast agent; an irradiation device communication unit to perform communication with an irradiation device; an input unit; a control unit including ... 10/13/05 - 20050228272 - System and method for automatically segmenting bones in computed tomography angiography data A system and method for automatically segmenting bone regions from Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) volume data is disclosed. A locally operated bone detector distinguishes between bone regions and contrast agent filled vessels. A filtering operator removes small noise from the detected bone regions. A dilator expands the filtered detected bone ... 10/13/05 - 20050228271 - Differential x-ray acoustic imaging The presence of a mechanical disturbance, such as an ultrasonic field, within a body can alter an x-ray image of the body in a way that can enhance its diagnostic capabilities. In the first mode of operation of the invention an acoustic field causes displacement within the body through radiation ... 09/08/05 - 20050197567 - Method and system for intelligent qualitative and quantitative analysis of digital radiography softcopy reading The present invention describes a method and system for intelligent diagnostic relevant information processing and analysis. Information associated with a patient is processed via an image reading platform. Based on such processed information, a matrix of diagnosis decisions containing diagnostic related information is generated via a matrix of diagnosis decision ... 06/02/05 - 20050119561 - Enhanced graphics features for computer assisted surgery system A computer assisted surgery system with is enhanced graphics features is described for assisting a surgeon in orthopaedic procedures. A system is described for use in inserting multiple guide pins in hip fracture surgery using a single bore drill guide that has a graphical representation comprising its real trajectory and ... 06/02/05 - 20050119560 - Patient visual instruction techniques for synchronizing breathing with a medical procedure A method of prompting a patient includes informing a patient a relationship between a result of an activity being performed by the patient and a first target result to be achieved by the activity. A method of prompting a patient includes informing a patient a relationship between a time and ... 06/02/05 - 20050119559 - Diagnostic apparatus with an automatic visualization of scan planes A diagnostic apparatus (1) according to the invention is arranged to comprise imaging means (6) for acquiring diagnostic information within a volume of a patient (P) being located with an imaging volume (1′) of the diagnostic apparatus (1). In order to visualise the spatial position and orientation of an actual ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |