Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080229281 | METHOD FOR DATA EXCHANGE BETWEEN MEDICAL APPARATUSES - In a method, a device and a system as well as a modality and a computer program product for integration of a data object into a medical data set, the data object and the medical data set are associated with a patient examination. The medical data set is formatted according to a DICOM standard. The data object is formatted according to a standard other than the DICOM standard. The data object is integrated into the medical data set via at least one shadow group object and a running and/or planned process in connection with the patient examination can be controlled dependent on the integrated data object. | 09-18-2008 |
20090027052 | Method for acquiring measured data - A PET examination which acquires a data record of the body of a patient is carried out during at least one embodiment of a method for acquiring measured data. On the basis of the measured values of the data record, at least one region of interest in the body of the patient is determined, in which at least one examination of at least one embodiment of a method is carried out. | 01-29-2009 |
20090105583 | Method for determining attenuation values for pet data of a patient - A method is disclosed for determining attenuation values for PET data of a patient. In at least one embodiment, the method includes detecting at least one accessory of a magnetic resonance imaging scanner and detecting the position and/or alignment of the accessory by way of an imaging measuring method; comparing the detected accessory with data from a database; and assigning an attenuation map, which is contained in the database, to attenuation values of the detected accessory and adapting the attenuation map to the detected position and/or alignment of the accessory. | 04-23-2009 |
20100240970 | METHOD FOR AN IN VIVO MEASUREMENT USING A DEVICE IMPLANTED IN A PATIENT, AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE - An embodiment of the present invention relates to a device, which can be implanted into a patient, for an in vivo measurement. In an embodiment, the device includes a catheter for guiding a sample of the patient town analysis unit in the device. A measurement result is determined in the analysis unit by analyzing the sample with the aid of a reagent. In an embodiment, the device furthermore includes an interchange chamber, with the aid of which the reagent can be removed from the device or can be inserted into the device. The interchange chamber has a connector allowing removal or insertion of the reagent while the device is implanted. | 09-23-2010 |
20100247438 | IN VITRO METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING TUMOR DISEASES - An in vitro method is for diagnosing a tumor disease in a patient. In at least one embodiment, the method includes: (i) determining an IVD marker or an IVD marker panel in at least one biological sample of a patient, wherein the IVD marker has a high sensitivity to the tumor disease, (ii) determining the proportion of patients tested positive due to an adapted reference range of the IVD marker/IVD marker panel, wherein the reference range was adapted such that the number of individuals with false negative tests, the number of individuals with false positive tests and the number of individuals ultimately needing to be subjected to imaging diagnostics to clarify false negative and false positive results are balanced in respect of one another such that tumor screening can be carried out, possibly: (iii) deciding to carry out an imaging method specific to the respective tumor disease for clarifying possible false negative and/or false positive IVD results, or (iv) repeating stages (i) and (ii) after a defined time interval, or (v) carrying out an imaging method for imaging the tumor. | 09-30-2010 |
20100286517 | System and Method For Image Guided Prostate Cancer Needle Biopsy - In a method for image guided prostate cancer needle biopsy, a first registration is performed to match a first image of a prostate to a second image of the prostate. Third images of the prostate are acquired and compounded into a three-dimensional (3D) image. The prostate in the compounded 3D image is segmented to show its border. A second registration and then a third registration different from the second registration is performed on distance maps generated from the prostate borders of the first image and the compounded 3D image, wherein the first and second registrations are based on a biomechanical property of the prostate. A region of interest in the first image is mapped to the compounded 3D image or a fourth image of the prostate acquired with the second modality. | 11-11-2010 |
20110046455 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR EXAMINING A PARTICULAR TISSUE VOLUME IN A BODY, AND A METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR SEGMENTING THE PARTICULAR TISSUE VOLUME - A tip of an elongate device is navigated into a particular tissue volume in order to examine the particular tissue volume in a body and part of the tissue volume is analyzed in real-time by way of a biosensor. In at least one embodiment, in the process, either the biosensor can be arranged on the tip of the device or the device includes a catheter, by which a substance to be analyzed is transported out of the tissue volume from the tip to the biosensor arranged at the proximal end of the catheter. | 02-24-2011 |
20130064439 | Systems and Method for Automatic Prostate Localization in MR Images Using Random Walker Segmentation Initialized Via Boosted Classifiers - Automatic prostate localization in T2-weighted MR images facilitate labor-intensive cancer imaging techniques. Methods and systems to accurately segment the prostate gland in MR images are provided and address large variations in prostate anatomy and disease, intensity inhomogeneities, and artifacts induced by endorectal coils. A center of the prostate is automatically detected with a boosted classifier trained on intensity based multi-level Gaussian Mixture Model Expectation Maximization (GMM-EM) segmentations of the raw MR images. A shape model is used in conjunction with Multi-Label Random Walker (MLRW) to constrain the seeding process within MLRW. | 03-14-2013 |
20130219620 | PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING THE PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS - A patient support apparatus is provided. The patient support apparatus has a patient table, a movable support plate for supporting a patient, a guide unit, which is designed to guide the support plate along at least one movement direction of the support plate, and a fastening unit for fastening an auxiliary unit to the support plate. The fastening unit has at least one setting unit for setting the position of the auxiliary unit in relation to the support plate in a flexible manner. | 08-29-2013 |