| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 378042000 | Fluoroscopy | 41 |
| 20090016486 | Nickel Flux Composition - In the x-ray fluorescence analysis of minerals, ores and other materials, chemicals containing lithium and boron are melted together at high temperatures to produce lithium borate compounds which are then cooled and reduced in size to a powder or coarse material. Such material is known as x-ray flux and is usually represented or specified in the final commercial product as ratios of lithium tetraborate to lithium metaborate. The x-ray flux is melted with materials to be analyzed and cast into discs which are then analyzed by an x-ray fluorescence spectrograph. In this invention, thulium has been added, mixed and melted with the x-ray flux such as to function as an internal quantitative standard for the analysis of nickel ore, nickel concentrates or other nickel containing substances, when such flux is mixed and melted with the nickel containing samples to be analyzed. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090168955 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EXPLORING GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS UTILIZING STRONTIUM MEASUREMENTS - Formation strontium concentrations are measured utilizing a borehole tool. A log may be provided as a function of depth or distance. The strontium measurements can be correlated chronostratigraphically to provide a depth to absolute time correlation. Measures of strontium made in the borehole can be correlated to information obtained via seismic exploration of the formation traversed by the borehole. Measures of strontium in multiple boreholes of a single formation can be correlated. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20100040196 | X-RAY GENERATOR FOR ACHIEVING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING EFFECT AND MEDICAL X-RAY DEVICE USING THE X-RAY GENERATOR - The present invention provides an X-ray generator for achieving stereoscopic imaging effect and an X-ray device using the X-ray generator ( | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100046699 | FLUOROSCOPY INSTALLATION - A system for moving a test object for a fluoroscopy unit includes a test carriage configured to be fixable to the test object and a guide element rotatable about a rotational axis, wherein the test carriage is configured to move along the guide element in a direction extending radially from the rotational axis. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100074404 | X-RAY FLUOROSCOPIC SYSTEM - Provided is an X-ray fluoroscopic system capable of highly accurately performing tilting tracking or rotational tracking by a simple operation in an observation work without inputting a distance from the surface of a table and an observed point of an object of fluoroscopy and without performing a calibration operation for obtaining the distance in advance. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20110064189 | Method and System for Needle Tracking in Fluoroscopic Image Sequences - A method and system for tracking a needle in a fluoroscopic image sequence is disclosed. In order to track a needle in a fluoroscopic image sequence, the needle is initialized in a first frame of the fluoroscopic image sequence. Needle segments are detected in each subsequent frame of the fluoroscopic image sequence, and the needle is detected in each frame of the fluoroscopic image by tracking the needle from a previous frame of the fluoroscopic image sequence based on the detected needle segments in the current frame. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110200169 | RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A radiographic apparatus includes a radiation source for emitting radiation, a radiation detecting device for detecting the radiation, a radiation grid placed to cover a radiation detecting plane of the radiation detecting device, a pattern storage device for storing a plurality of patterns of shadows of the radiation grid falling on the radiation detecting device, an image generating device for generating an original image showing the object under examination and the shadows of the radiation grid, based on detection signals outputted from the radiation detecting device, a grid shadow estimating device for estimating a pattern of superimposed grid shadows, which are the shadows of the radiation grid appearing on the original image, from the patterns of shadows stored in the pattern storage device, and a removing device for removing the shadows of the radiation grid from the original image based on the superimposed grid shadows estimated. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110255661 | IMAGING FLUOROSCOPY METHOD AND SYSTEM USING A NAVIGATION SYSTEM MARKER DEVICE - In a method and system for use of a marker device in a fluoroscopy imaging system that is coupled with a navigation system, the navigation system is designed to determine a position of a patient, or of an instrument relative to the fluoroscopy system, with the use of a marker device that may be attached to the fluoroscopy system, and it is automatically detected whether the marker device is attached to the fluoroscopy system, and if so, information is automatically read out from the marker device, setting data are automatically determined depending on the information, and the fluoroscopy system is adjusted using the setting data such that an association between data acquired by the fluoroscopy system and data acquired by the navigation system is provided using the marker device attached to the fluoroscopy system. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120027170 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE CAPTURING AND DISPLAYING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Even when one side of a radiological image detector is inclined with respect to a straight line linking two focal positions of radiation, an appropriate stereoscopic image is displayed. The amount d of shift between two radiological images in a direction perpendicular to a parallax direction is acquired and a stereoscopic image is displayed using the two radiological images which are relatively shifted in the direction perpendicular to the parallax direction so that the acquired amount d of shift is reduced. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120148017 | RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE ACQUIRING METHOD - This invention has one object to provide radiographic apparatus with a compensating filter that allows simple and accurate estimation of direct radiation to acquire a radioscopic image or a sectional image of excellent contrast. This invention includes a direct-ray attenuation-rate acquiring section for acquiring a direct-ray attenuation rate from a dose of direct radiation entering into a subject and a dose of direct radiation emitted from the subject. In this invention, a direct-ray attenuation rate is acquired on an assumption that a primary indirect-ray attenuation rate is equal to the direct-ray attenuation rate, the primary indirect-ray attenuation rate being a rate of decreasing a primary indirect-ray generated with the compensating filter that transmits the subject. Such configuration may achieve provision of X-ray apparatus that allows more simple acquisition of a fluoroscopic X-ray image or a sectional image without performing complicated calculations conventionally. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120183122 | AUTOMATIC C-ARM VIEWING ANGLES FOR STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE TREATMENT - In a method for positioning an X-ray image acquisition device a straight reference plane ( | 07-19-2012 |
| 20130003922 | FLUOROSCOPY APPARATUS AND FLUOROSCOPY METHOD - Provided is a fluoroscopy apparatus that includes an illumination section including a light source for radiating illumination light and excitation light onto a subject; a fluoroscopic image acquisition section acquiring a fluoroscopic image of fluorescence generated in the subject; a return-light image acquisition section acquiring a reference image of return light returning from the subject; a distance-information acquisition section acquiring information about a distance between the return-light image acquisition section and the subject; and an image correction section correcting the fluoroscopic image by using the reference image. The image correction section sets a correction coefficient based on the distance information, generates a correction reference image or a correction fluoroscopic image by performing a power calculation for light intensity information of the reference image and/or the fluoroscopic image by using the correction coefficient as an index, and divides the correction fluoroscopic image by the correction reference image. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130010924 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an imaging unit configured to image an affected area in two directions using X-rays; a fluoroscopic image generating unit configured to generate two X-ray fluoroscopic images corresponding to the two directions, on a basis of imaging signals outputted from the imaging unit; a rendering image generating unit configured to project the affected area contained in three-dimensional image data acquired in advance, in two directions according to a same X-ray geometry as that used for imaging the X-ray fluoroscopic images, to thereby generate two affected area rendering images; and an image combining unit configured to combine the X-ray fluoroscopic images with the affected area rendering images for each corresponding direction, to thereby generate combined parallax images in two parallax directions corresponding to the two directions, and to output the two generated combined parallax images to a 3D display apparatus. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130101084 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image generation unit generates a first image during a large aperture period and a second image during a small aperture period. An image combining unit generates a composite image based on the latest second image and the specific first image. A display unit displays the composite image in real time. A determination unit determines whether to update the first image based on an index associated with the anatomical positional shift between the first image and the second image. A driving control unit enlarges a aperture to the large aperture, when the determination unit determines to update, and maintains the aperture at the small aperture, when the determination unit determines not to update. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130108018 | RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130156154 | X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An X-ray diagnosis apparatus includes a radiography image generating unit, a fluoroscopy image generating unit, a display control unit and an irradiation field changing unit. The radiography image generating unit controls an X-ray irradiation device, an X-ray detection device, a retainer, and a bed system, and generates a radiography image by using a radiography irradiation field. The fluoroscopy image generating unit controls the X-ray irradiation device, the X-ray detection device, the retainer, and the bed system, and generates a fluoroscopy image by using a fluoroscopy irradiation field, the fluoroscopy irradiation field being narrower than the radiography irradiation field. The display control unit generates a superimposed image in which the fluoroscopy image is superimposed on a part of the radiography image, and displays the superimposed image on a display device. The irradiation field changing unit changes the fluoroscopy irradiation field with the superimposed image being displayed. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130182822 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generation unit, an X-ray collimator, a dose detection unit, and a dose reduction rate calculation unit. The X-ray generation unit irradiates the object with X-rays. The X-ray collimator limits an X-ray irradiation range of the X-ray generation unit. The dose detection unit detects the X-rays that have passed through the X-ray collimator. The dose reduction rate calculation unit calculates a reduction rate of an exposure dose of the object based on a value detected by the dose detection unit in X-ray imaging before the X-ray irradiation range is limited by the X-ray collimator and a value detected by the dose detection unit in X-ray imaging after the X-ray irradiation range is limited by the X-ray collimator. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130216021 | METHOD AND SYSTEM UNIT FOR STEREOSCOPIC X-RAY IMAGING - A method for stereoscopic x-ray imaging by a stereoscopic x-ray tube and by an x-ray radiation detector is provided. The x-ray radiation detector has a buffer. The stereoscopic x-ray tube has two x-ray beam sources disposed a short distance from one another. 2D image datasets are acquired at relatively short intervals one after the other, which have good quality. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130315370 | X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND X-RAY DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING METHOD - An X-ray diagnosis apparatus of an embodiment includes: an imaging unit that includes an X-ray tube which emits an X-ray to a subject, and an X-ray detector which detects an X-ray passing through the subject; an X-ray beam limiting unit that is disposed between the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector, has a plurality of collimator blades, and can be rotated; an image processing unit that generates a fluoroscopic image of a region of interest set by the X-ray beam limiting unit; and a control unit that individually controls the plurality of collimator blades in such a way that a long side of an opening formed by the plurality of collimator blades goes in a longitudinal direction of a target within the fluoroscopic image. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130336445 | ROI SELECTION FOR IMAGING APPARATUS - A method for acquiring a sequence of fluoroscopic images of a subject acquires and displays a basis image from a fluoroscopic imaging system. A region of interest is defined within the displayed basis image in response to one or more viewer instructions entered on the displayed basis image. One or more signals are generated that adjust the position of one or more components of the fluoroscopic imaging system according to the one or more viewer instructions. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140016744 | METHOD FOR MOVING X-RAY SCREENING IMAGES IN A DIGITAL RADIOSCOPY WITHIN A DIGITAL LAMINOGRAPHY PROCESS AND USE OF A MULTIAXIAL IMANIPULATOR SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING SUCH A METHOD - A method is provided for feeding-in X-ray fluoroscopy images of an object in the context of a digital laminography technique, in which the X-ray fluoroscopy images are not fed in at 360°, but a feed-in of first X-ray fluoroscopy images takes place at 180° and, after tilting the object, a feed-in of second X-ray fluoroscopy images follows in the same angular range of 180°. The second X-ray fluoroscopy images, after suitable reflection onto the complementary points, are set to the first X-ray fluoroscopy images and, from the resultant complete data set, a calculation is carried out in the context of the digital laminography technique. A multiaxis manipulator system is used for feeding-in X-ray fluoroscopy images in the context of carrying out a digital laminography technique on an object, which is secured on a fixing device of the manipulator system. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140348292 | RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - Provided is a radiographic apparatus configured to obtain an animated image of a fluoroscopic image, and thereafter complete fluoroscopy temporarily for taking a static image or the animated image for diagnosis, the radiographic apparatus allowing taking an image of a subject with suitable brightness. The apparatus determines a control condition (radiography condition) of an X-ray tube for taking the static image in accordance with the control condition of the X-ray tube upon obtaining the fluoroscopic image. With the disclosure, brightness of the subject contained in the fluoroscopic image is also regarded upon determination of the radiography condition. This achieves obtaining the suitable radiography condition even when obtaining the animated image stops before radiation has appropriate intensity during obtaining a live image. Accordingly, the apparatus in the disclosure allows obtaining a clear image with appropriate exposure. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140369465 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GRAPHICAL ASSISTANCE IN A MEDICAL PROCEDURE - In a method and apparatus for graphical assistance in an interventional procedure to open an occlusion of a hollow organ of a patient a three-dimensional CT image data set of an examination region with the at least one hollow organ having the occlusion is retrieved and visualized segmentation data with segmentation data of the hollow organ at a display unit. At least two x-ray fluoroscopy images are acquired at different angulations the CT image data set is registered with at least two of the x-ray images. A number of fluoroscopy x-ray images are acquired during a time period, with real-time visualization of at least one x-ray fluoroscopy image and data of the CT image data set at the display unit. The steps are implemented individually and in sequence, and control options relating exclusively to the current step can be selected manually via a user interface depending on the step that is currently implemented, and only user inputs that are appropriate for the current step are accepted. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140369466 | RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - In a radiation imaging system performing a difference process using a stored mask image based on a radiation image obtained before a contrast agent is injected and a radiation image obtained after the contrast agent is injected, a controller displays a first graphic representing a first timing when irradiation of a radial ray is started, a second graphic representing a second timing when the mask image is stored, and a third graphic representing a third timing when the contrast agent is injected in this order along a time axis and controls the second and third timings by the second and third graphics. The controller moves, when one of the second and third graphics is moved along the time axis, the other of the second and third graphics such that an interval between the first and third graphics becomes larger than an interval between the first and second graphics. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150023466 | X-RAY REDUCTION SYSTEM - An x-ray system comprising an x-ray source, a single essentially round collimator, a camera, a detector and a monitor, means for moving the collimator in a plane generally parallel to the plane of the collimator; and the collimator comprising a central aperture that allows all the radiation to pass through, an outer annulus that reduces the radiation passing through at an amount depending on the material and the thickness of the material and an inner annulus between the central aperture and the outer annulus, with thickness changing as a function of the distance from the center, starting at thickness zero on the side of the central aperture and ending at the thickness of the outer annulus on the side of the outer annulus. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150043712 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PORTABLE STEREOSCOPIC TOMOGRAPHY - A portable imaging apparatus for obtaining stereoscopic radiography images has a transport frame that has a support structure and an x-ray source array that is coupled to the support structure and that has three or more x-ray sources, each x-ray source separately energizable to emit radiation toward a subject. There is at least one x-ray detector adapted to acquire digital image data according to radiation received from the x-ray sources of the x-ray source array. An image processor is in signal communication with the at least one x-ray detector and adapted to generate, from the acquired digital image data, a right-eye digital image and a left-eye digital image of the subject. A display apparatus is in signal communication with the image processor and is adapted to display the right-eye and left-eye digital images of the subject to a viewer. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150078515 | FLOOR MAT RADIATION ATTENUATION SHIELD - A system attenuates scatter radiation during a radiological procedure. The radiological procedure using a radiation machine including an emitter, a receiver, a base, and a table for a patient. The base is supported by a floor. The system includes a barrier formed of a radiation attenuation material and positioned over an area on the floor. The barrier is comprised of an elastomeric material and disposed beneath the table. The barrier on the floor can reduce substantial amounts of scatter radiation. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150078516 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector, an X-ray filter, signal input unit, and an X-ray filter support unit. The X-ray tube generates X-rays. The X-ray detector detects the X-rays transmitted through a subject. The X-ray filter is arranged between the X-ray tube and the object and having an opening. The X-ray filter support unit supports the X-ray filter so as to make the X-ray filter movable in an imaging axis direction of the X-rays. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150146847 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM WITH NEARLY CONTINUOUS ZOOMING CAPABILITY - Systems and methods for obtaining and displaying an X-ray image are described. The X-ray system contains an X-ray source, a CMOS based X-ray detector containing an active area for detecting an X-ray beam from the X-ray source, the active area containing an array of physical detector pixels having a pixel size or dimension ranging from about 10 μm×10 μm to about 50 μm×50 μm, a collimator defining an aperture, wherein the collimator is configured for a user to center the aperture over any portion of the active area of the CMOS based X-ray detector, and a display device configured to receive and display an X-ray image containing an array of virtual image pixels that have been previously binned at the CMOS based X-ray detector. Other embodiments are described. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150313564 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes an X-ray generator, an X-ray detector, a supporting body, and a supporting body moving structure. The X-ray generator generates X-rays to be irradiated on an object. The X-ray detector detects the X-rays. The supporting body supports the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector. The supporting body moving structure is provided on the supporting body and includes a rotator. The supporting body moving structure reciprocates the supporting body by rotational motion of the rotator in one direction. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150359497 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes a display, a holding device, bed device, a gesture detecting device and a processing circuitry. The holding device includes an X-ray irradiator, an X-ray detector, and a supporter that supports the X-ray irradiator and the X-ray detector. The bed device is available to place an object on. The gesture detecting device recognizes a gesture of a person. The processing circuitry identifies a state of the X-ray diagnostic apparatus based on at least one of the display, the X-ray irradiator, the X-ray detector, the holding device and the bed device, determines an operation detail based on a combination of the identified state and the recognized gesture, and operates at least one of the display, the holding device, the bed device, a speaker and a room light according to the determined operation detail. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150374323 | X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - An X-ray diagnosis apparatus includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector, and a processing circuitry. The X-ray tube generates X-rays. The X-ray detector detects the X-rays that have passed through a subject. The processing circuitry calculates, for each of a plurality of X-ray images that are acquired chronologically, an average of pixel values and a reference value based on the pixel values. The processing circuitry extracts, from the plurality of X-ray images, an X-ray image with a relatively large difference between the average and the reference value, an X-ray image with a relatively large ratio between the average and the reference value, or an X-ray image with a relatively large number of pixels each representing a value equal to or larger than the average or the reference value. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160007949 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160007950 | X-RAY APPARATUS | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160029989 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - In an X-ray diagnostic apparatus of one embodiment, an image data generator sequentially generates X-ray images based on X-rays transmitted through a subject. An image processor executes: first processing where, in response to an instruction to start correction processing, a position of a target contained in a predetermined X-ray image is obtained as a reference position; and second processing where corrected images in which positions of the target are set at the reference position are sequentially generated from newly generated X-ray images. An image data storage unit stores therein information on a reference position with respect to each set of conditions of manipulation on the subject. Upon receiving the instruction to start correction processing, the image processor executes the second processing by using information on the reference position stored in the image data storage unit, in accordance with a set of the conditions of manipulation on the subject. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160069827 | X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYZER AND MEASUREMENT POSITION ADJUSTING METHOD THEREFORE - An X-ray fluorescence analyzer is provided with: a sample stage on which a sample subjected to an analysis is mounted; an X-ray source configured to irradiate the sample with primary X-rays; a detector configured to detect fluorescent X-rays emitted from the sample irradiated with the primary X-rays; an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a predetermined field-of-view area on the sample stage; a display unit configured to display the field-of-view area of the image captured by the imaging unit; and a pointer irradiation unit configured to irradiate the sample stage with a visible light at an irradiation position within an area that is outside the field-of-view area and near the field-of-view area. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160114187 | RADIATION IRRADIATING APPARATUS AND RADIATION DOSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A radiation irradiating apparatus includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a past cumulative dose distribution associated with patient identifying information, from a storage that is storable a cumulative dose distribution. The processing circuitry calculates a first cumulative dose distribution and a second cumulative dose distribution during a radiation irradiation to a patient associated with the patient identifying information, the first cumulative dose distribution being a cumulative dose distribution, the second cumulative dose distribution being generated by adding the first cumulative dose distribution to the past cumulative dose distribution. The processing circuitry displays, on a display, at least one of the first and second cumulative dose distributions during the radiation irradiation. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160157955 | FLUOROSCOPY APPARATUS AND FLUOROSCOPY METHOD - An image including the marker M is continuously collected every constant time from the images and template matching is performed by utilizing the first template image stored in advance in the template image memory element relative to the image including the marker M. And the image including the marker M after pattern matching specified by the template matching element is clipped as a template image and is stored in the template image memory. Then, the image including the marker M is acquired from the next images continuously collected every constant time. Thereafter, the template matching is performed by utilizing the second template image stored just therebefore in the template image memory element relative to the image including the marker M. Once the second template matching is completed, the image including the marker M is clipped as the next second template image since the pattern matching is identified by the template matching element, and is stored. For the next template matching, the second template image newly stored is utilized. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160374636 | RADIOGRAPHIC DEVICE - A radiographic device in which the scatter radiation and the grid foil can be removed without preparing the number of patterns corresponding to the position shift despite the occurrence of the position shift of a scatter radiation removal module relative to a radiation detection module. A foil shade integration value image A_SHsum (g, y, a), I_SHsum (g, y,a), which is normalized to the sum of absorption rates of a direct radiation relative to individual grid foils on a shooting with and without the subject, are respectively calculated and a distance function D (c) based on these absorption rates calculated. Given the foil shade integration value image A_SHsum (g, y, a) selected from a plurality of the foil shade integration value images A_SHsum (g, y, a), wherein the distance function D (c) becomes minimum, the scatter x-ray and the grid foil can be removed without preparing a number of patterns corresponding position shifts despite an occurrence of the position shift of the grid relative to the detector. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20170231586 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND RADIOTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS | 08-17-2017 |
| 20220133251 | RADIATION TRACKING FOR PORTABLE FLUOROSCOPY X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM - A method for fluoroscopy energizes a radiation source to form a scout image on a detector and processes the scout image to determine and report a radiation field position with respect to a predetermined zone of the detector. The radiation source is energized for fluoroscopic imaging of a subject when the reported radiation field position is fully within the predetermined zone. | 05-05-2022 |
