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20110147599 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FILTERING NOISE IN PIXELATED IMAGE DETECTORS - Systems and methods for filtering noise in pixelated photon counting image detectors are provided. One method includes obtaining image information including event count information for a pixelated solid-state photon counting radiation detector and obtaining a count-rate threshold. The method further includes filtering the event count information based on the count-rate threshold. | 06-23-2011 |
20110268339 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION OF A LESION IN A BREAST - A system and method for determining an existence, uptake, size and location of a lesion within a breast is provided. The system includes a first detector and a second detector. The breast is positioned between the first detector and the second detector. The first detector acquires a first image data set of the lesion and the second detector acquires a second image data set of the lesion. The system also includes a existence, uptake, size and location determining program that uses the first image data set and the second image data set to calculate existence, uptake, size and location information for the lesion and determines a existence, uptake, size and location of the lesion within the breast based on the calculated existence, uptake, size and location information. | 11-03-2011 |
20120326034 | MOTION CORRECTION OF SPECT IMAGES - The present disclosure relates approaches for removing or reducing the effects of motion in parallel and non-parallel data acquisitions using a nuclear medicine imaging system. In certain embodiments, translation vectors are derived based on a registration performed on transaxial slices generated from the acquired projection data. The translation vectors may be employed to update a system matrix such that images generated using the updated system matrix are free or motion artifacts or have reduced motion artifacts. | 12-27-2012 |
20120328173 | ARTIFACT REMOVAL IN NUCLEAR IMAGES - The present disclosure relates various approaches for removing or reducing the effects of out-of-field sources of radiation if emission tomography applications. In certain embodiments, a plurality of measured views are acquired about an organ or region of interest. The measured views may be reconstructed to form an image and the image may be used in a cleaning or correction process that allows generation of a final image having reduced or eliminated artifacts attributable to out-of-field source effects. | 12-27-2012 |
20130248719 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ATTENUATION COMPENSATION IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING BASED ON EMISSION DATA - Systems and methods for attenuation compensation in nuclear medicine imaging based on emission data are provided. One method includes acquiring emission data at a plurality of energy windows for a person having administered thereto a radiopharmaceutical comprising at least one radioactive isotope. The method also includes performing a preliminary reconstruction of the acquired emission data to create one or more preliminary images of a peak energy window and a scatter energy window and determining a body outline of the person from at least one of the reconstructed preliminary image of the peak energy window or of the scatter energy window. The method further includes identifying a heart contour and segmenting at least the left lung. The method additionally includes defining an attenuation map based on the body outline and segmented left lung and reconstructing an image of a region of interest of the person using an iterative joint estimation reconstruction. | 09-26-2013 |
20130320234 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR POSITIONING DETECTORS FOR NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING - Methods and systems for positioning detectors for Nuclear Medicine (NM) imaging are provided. One system includes a gantry supporting one or more imaging detectors, wherein the gantry has a portion configured for movable operation. The system also includes a table on one side of the gantry configured to support a patient thereon, wherein the table is further configured to move within an opening of the gantry. The system further includes a patient support device movably positioned on an opposite side of the gantry from the table, wherein the patient support device is configured for movable operation. | 12-05-2013 |
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20090252564 | FACE MILLING CUTTER - A face milling cutter. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. | 10-08-2009 |
20120126496 | Method for Making by Assembling a Tool to and in a Tool Holder, and the Tool and Told Holder, and the Assembled Tool and Tool Holder - A method for making by assembling a tool to and in a tool holder, and the tool and tool holder, and the assembled tool and tool holder. The tool is shrink-fitted into a cylindrical bore of the tool holder, and a shoulder of the tool abuts an abutment face of the tool holder. A structure, such as press, a screw, a draw bolt, or a cylinder, for example, is provided to apply an axial force to the cutting tool to force the tool shoulder against the abutment face of the tool holder. | 05-24-2012 |
20120282044 | ROTARY CUTTING TOOL HAVING A CUTTING EDGE FORMED OF VEINED PCD - A rotary cutting tool formed from a blank, the rotary cutting tool comprising at least one tooth having a root, a cutting edge formed of veined PCD, and a face disposed between the root and the cutting edge. The face, as viewed in a cross-section perpendicular to an axis of the cutting tool, includes a first curved surface proximate the cutting edge and a second curved surface proximate the root and the first curved surface. For each cutting edge, the blank is provided with a respective groove having a leading surface that corresponds in shape to the first curved surface of the respective tooth. | 11-08-2012 |
20130008004 | CHATTER-RESISTANT END MILL AND METHOD OF MAKING - A method of making chatter-resistant end mills includes: (a) forming an end mill having unequal angular spacing between adjacent teeth, (b) cutting a test work piece with the end mill and measuring vibrations and resonance; (c) upon detecting undesired levels of vibration and resonance, adjusting the angular spacing between adjacent teeth to reduce vibration and resonance and forming another end mill having the adjusted angular spacing; (d) cutting a test work piece with the adjusted end mill and measuring vibrations and resonance; (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) until an end mill is formed in which vibration produced by the angular spacing between at least one pair of adjacent teeth cancels out at least a portion of the vibration produced by the angular spacing between at least one other pair of adjacent teeth; and (f) making at least one production end mill conforming to step (e). | 01-10-2013 |
20130142581 | HIGH FEED CUTTING INSERT - A replaceable insert for tipped cutting tools is described. The replaceable insert has a peripheral wall bounding a first surface and an opposite second surface in which at least one of the first and second surfaces is convex. | 06-06-2013 |
20130315681 | ROTARY CUTTER - The present invention relates to a rotary cutting tool consisting of a shank and at least one cutting section comprising a plurality of cutting teeth, the cutting section being conceptionaly and functionally divided into several sub-sections along the tool axis (“zones” for brevity), wherein each zone has its own core form and its own cutting edges, its own teeth land form and its own zone cutting length, these being selected according to the perceived task for which each zone of the tool is to be optimized. | 11-28-2013 |
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20100092257 | CUTTING TAP AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A cutting tap includes a body having an axial forward end and an axial rearward end and a central longitudinal axis. The body has a fluted section at the axial forward end. The fluted section includes a chamfered fluted section extending from the axial forward end of the body and terminating at a first full cutting thread. The chamfered fluted section includes a first cutting thread located a first distance from the axial forward end of the body, and a second cutting thread located a second distance from the axial forward end of the body. The second distance is greater than the first distance. The chamfered fluted section is shaped such that a thickness of a section of material removed by the second cutting thread is smaller than a thickness of a section of material removed by the first cutting thread. A method of making the cutting tap is also disclosed. | 04-15-2010 |
20120009027 | Milling Tool Assembly Having a Replaceable Cutter - A milling tool assembly has a replaceable cutter and a reusable shank connected to the cutter with a detachable joint. The joint may be, for example, a threaded connection. An intermediate alignment sleeve made of an elastic or semi-elastic material, is positioned between the cutter and the shank about the axis of rotation of the shank. | 01-12-2012 |
20120295519 | CUTTING TAP AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A method of making a cutting tap includes the steps of: grinding a blank to form a threaded body portion at an axially forward end of the cutting tap, grinding one or more flutes in the threaded body portion to form cutting edges; grinding the threaded body portion to form a first cutting thread and a second cutting thread, the first cutting thread at a first distance from the axially forward end of the cutting tap, and the second cutting thread at a second distance from the axially forward end of the cutting tap; and grinding a chamfer in the threaded body portion such that a thickness of a section of material removed from the second cutting thread is smaller than a thickness of a section of material removed from the first cutting thread during a tapping operation. | 11-22-2012 |
20130051937 | OPTIMIZATION OF CUTTING EDGE GEOMETRY IN ROUNDED NOSE END MILLS - A rounded nose end-mill modified by optimization of geometrical parameters of both the rake angle and relief angle along the cutting edge of the rounded portion, wherein the rake angle and the relief angle gradually increase along the cutting edge from the full diameter of the rounded portion to the tip. | 02-28-2013 |
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20100178119 | CHATTER-RESISTANT END MILL - A chatter-resistant end mill and a method of making such an end mill, in which the teeth of the end mill are unequally spaced apart to substantially reduce or eliminate vibrations produced during cutting of a work piece. | 07-15-2010 |
20100183383 | END MILL FOR ORBITAL DRILLING - A center or non-center cutting end mill for orbital drilling includes a shank having a shank diameter; a neck having a neck diameter; a cutting head having a cutting diameter; a corner radius; a dish angle; and a longitudinal axis, the cutting head including a forward cutting end having a convexly curved section located between the longitudinal axis and the corner radius, wherein the convexly curved section causes material removed from a workpiece to flow radially outward from an initial contact area toward the corner radius, thereby minimizing the accumulation of material in a central portion of the forward cutting end. | 07-22-2010 |
20110211921 | Coupler for a Quick Change Insert Rotary Cutting Tool - A coupler for a quick change rotary cutting tool assembly allowing a cutter to be quickly and releasably coupled to a shank wherein the coupler has a cylindrical portion with a threaded portion to engage the shank and a portion with a transverse groove with undercut walls to form recesses. The cutter has an anchor made as a disk with parallel flats which engage the recesses of the cylindrical portion to releasably secure the cutter to the shank. | 09-01-2011 |
20120251251 | CLAMPING MECHANISM FOR SLOTTING CUTTER - A slotting cutter includes a disc-like cutter body rotatable in a predetermined direction on a central axis perpendicular to a plane of the cutter body. A plurality of cutting insert receiving pockets and a corresponding number of thread holes are formed about a perimeter of the body. A cutting insert is replaceably mounted in each insert receiving pocket of the cutter body, and a clamping screw is replaceably threaded in each thread hole of the cutter body. A cantilevered portion is disposed between each insert receiving pocket and a respective thread hole that exerts a downward force to securely hold the cutting insert in the cutter body when the clamping screw is threaded into the thread hole. | 10-04-2012 |