121 |
Method for the determination and use of a standard operational value for the delay time of a radiographic system |
US14394757 |
2013-04-22 |
US09474499B2 |
2016-10-25 |
Walter Exelmans; Patrick Pandelaers; Patrick Lambrechts |
A method for the determination of the delay time of a radiographic generator and to the setting of a standard value for such delay time. According to the method it is determined by a series of decreasing chosen values for the delay time whether a signal for the confirmation of the start of the radiographic exposure is rendered by the radiographic generator. The last value of the chosen delay time whereby still such a confirmation signal is rendered, is retained as standard operational value for the delay time of the radiographic system. |
122 |
Imaging stand |
US14637072 |
2015-03-03 |
US09462982B2 |
2016-10-11 |
Atsushi Suzuki |
An imaging stand includes: a holder configured to hold an installed cassette-type detector; a supporting member configured to support the holder from a back surface side; a circular gear secured to a shaft member protruding from a rotation center of the holder toward the supporting member on the back surface side, the holder being located in a different position from a position corresponding to the center of a radiation incidence surface of the cassette-type detector held in the holder; and a linear gear having concavities and convexities to be engaged with teeth of the circular gear, the linear gear being attached to the supporting member, wherein, when the holder holding the cassette-type detector is rotated relative to the supporting member, the rotation center of the holder linearly moves relative to the supporting member as the holder rotates, and a change is caused in orientation and position of the cassette-type detector. |
123 |
MR gamma hybrid imaging system |
US13576995 |
2011-02-10 |
US09445721B2 |
2016-09-20 |
James Schellenberg |
A pendant breast imaging system that operates with a MRI system and which allows a planar gamma camera breast imaging system to be positioned away from the breast area while MRI imaging is occurring, and which then moves into breast imaging position after MRI imaging is complete, and which can again be removed from the breast area to allow intervention to occur is described. It may use various collimator or scintillator materials and designs. |
124 |
Curved Grating Structure Manufacturing Method, Curved Grating Structure, Grating Unit, And X-Ray Imaging Device |
US15031598 |
2014-10-02 |
US20160265125A1 |
2016-09-15 |
Mitsuru YOKOYAMA |
In one aspect, the present invention provides a curved grating structure manufacturing method which comprises: a grating forming step of forming, in one surface of a grating-forming workpiece, a grating region in which a plurality of members mutually having the same shape are periodically provided; a stress layer forming step of forming a stress layer capable of generating stress, on a grating plane-defining surface of the grating region; a boding step of bonding a support substrate to the stress layer; a polishing step of polishing the other surface of the grating-forming workpiece on a side opposite to the one surface having the support substrate bonded thereto; and a peeling step of peeling off the support substrate from the stress layer, wherein the polishing step includes performing the polishing to allow the grating-forming workpiece to be curved by a stress arising from the stress layer, after the peeling step. |
125 |
Handheld X-Ray Device by Cold Cathode |
US14996862 |
2016-01-15 |
US20160206261A1 |
2016-07-21 |
WEN-HOW LAN; YI-TENG SHIU; HUNG-CHIANG HUANG; RENG-SHO CHEN; SHU-FEN LIAO; YU-WEI CHEN |
A handheld X ray device comprises a camera-like X ray generator body having a zoom ring-like object at a front side of the X ray generator body as an exit of X rays and has a collimator section atop a surface of the zoom ring-like object. The camera-like X ray generator body inside has a voltage boosting circuit, an oscillator circuit, a battery, and a control circuit, and a user interface at a real panel of the camera-like X ray generator body. The glass ball-tube is a cold cathode type X-ray generator with a tungsten filament at a periphery of a cold cathode. The voltage boosting circuit, the oscillator circuit, boosting the voltage of the battery up to a predetermined high voltage under controlled of the control circuit assisting by the user interface. |
126 |
HIGH DOSE OUTPUT, THROUGH TRANSMISSION TARGET X-RAY SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE |
US14587634 |
2014-12-31 |
US20160189911A1 |
2016-06-30 |
Phillip Kent Ausburn |
A high dose output, through transmission target X-ray tube and methods of use includes, in general an X-ray tube for accelerating electrons under a high voltage potential having an evacuated high voltage housing, a hemispherical shaped through transmission target anode disposed in said housing, a cathode structure to deflect the electrons toward the hemispherical anode disposed in said housing, a filament located in the geometric center of the anode hemisphere disposed in said housing, a power supply connected to said cathode to provide accelerating voltage to the electrons. |
127 |
Computerized tomography (CT) imaging system with improved X-ray tube mount |
US14249106 |
2014-04-09 |
US09363876B2 |
2016-06-07 |
Andrew P. Tybinkowski; Daehyung Park; Pilyong Oh; Eric Bailey |
An X-ray tube mount for mounting an X-ray tube assembly to the rotating disk assembly of a CT imaging system, said X-ray tube mount including a housing having an inner end and an outer end, wherein said inner end of said housing is located closer to the center of rotation of the rotating disk assembly than said outer end of said housing; and at least one mounting construct for mounting said housing to the rotating disk assembly, wherein said at least one mounting construct is disposed intermediate said inner end of said housing and said outer end of said housing. |
128 |
COMPACT MEDICAL X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS |
US14964283 |
2015-12-09 |
US20160089102A1 |
2016-03-31 |
Bo Wang; Norio Saito; Xiaojun Liu; Ryoichi Suzuki |
The present invention provides a compact medical X-ray imaging apparatus, which is a portable X-ray imaging apparatus capable of capturing clear X-ray images while maintaining low radiation exposure. The compact medical X-ray imaging apparatus comprises of: a carbon nanostructure triode cold cathode X-ray tube that radiates X-rays; an X-ray image sensor that captures an image of X-rays that pass through a patient; The first detector that detects the X-ray radiation dose and is positioned between the carbon nanostructure triode cold cathode X-ray tube and the X-ray image sensor, while out of the X-ray irradiation area for the imaging sensor; the second detector that detects the X-ray dose and is positioned in the center on one side of the X-ray image sensor frame; the third detector that detects the X-ray dose and is positioned on the other side of the X-ray image sensor frame facing to the second detector with the detection surface of the image sensor in between the second and third detector; a power supply which supplies a negative and a positive high-voltage pulse to the cathode and anode of the carbon nanostructure triode cold cathode X-ray tube respectively; and an X-ray imaging controller which acquires detection data from the first detector, second detector and third detector in addition to the distance from the carbon nanostructure triode cold cathode X-ray tube to the X-ray image sensor, calculates the X-ray radiation dose and amount of decay, determines the optimum X-ray dose for the patient and the voltage of the carbon nanostructure triode cold cathode X-ray tube, controls the pulse number and pulse width of the high-voltage pulse of the carbon nanostructure triode cold cathode X-ray tube, as well as the voltage of the cathode and the anode with feedback control means. |
129 |
Signal and power supply transmission |
US14127552 |
2012-06-25 |
US09258873B2 |
2016-02-09 |
Jens Igney; Reinhard Steiner |
The present invention relates to signal and power supply transmission for an X-ray source. In order to provided an improved signal and power supply transmission with reduced constructional complexity and enhanced operation possibilities, an integrated signal and power supply transmission arrangement is provided, comprising a supply board (12), a main board (14), an insulating plate (16), at least one transformer arrangement (18), and at least one signal transmission arrangement (20). The insulating plate is provided between the supply and the main board. The transformer arrangement is provided to supply electric energy to the driving circuit of a transistor, which in turn feeds an X-ray source. The transformer arrangement comprises a primary electric conductor arranged on the supply board to cause electromagnetic induction in a secondary electric conductor arranged on the main board. The signal transmission arrangement is adapted to transmit a signal between the supply board and the main board; wherein the signal transmission arrangement comprises at least a first optical signal transmission device provided on the supply board, and a second optical signal transmission device (30) provided on the main board. The insulating plate is light-transmissive at least in the part between the first and second optical signal transmission device. The first and the second optical signal transmission devices are arranged in an optical connection path. |
130 |
Selection of a radiation shaping filter |
US14023626 |
2013-09-11 |
US09254109B2 |
2016-02-09 |
Hans-Christoph Becker; Thomas Flohr; Bernhard Schmidt |
A method for selecting a radiation shaping filter is disclosed, which modifies the spatial distribution of the intensity and/or the spectrum of x-rays of an x-ray source of an imaging system. In an embodiment, anatomical measurement data of an object under examination is recorded, from which with the aid of the imaging system image data is created. The radiation shaping filter is selected automatically on the basis of the recorded anatomical measurement data of the object under examination. An imaging system, in which a radiation shaping filter is selected, is further disclosed. |
131 |
X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS |
US14794161 |
2015-07-08 |
US20160007949A1 |
2016-01-14 |
Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI; Shumpei OHASHI |
An X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes an X-ray tube holding device, an X-ray detector, a rotator, an arm, and a tubular body. The X-ray tube holding device generates X-rays. The X-ray detector detects the X-rays. The rotator holds the X-ray tube holding device so as to be rotatable about a first rotation axis obtained by setting an irradiation direction of the X-rays as an axis. The arm holds the rotator and the X-ray detector and is rotatable about a second rotation axis different from the first rotation axis. The tubular body connects the X-ray tube holding device and a device away from the arm. The arm holds the rotator so as to be rotatable about the first rotation axis in a direction in which torsion of the tubular body is reduced. |
132 |
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR X-RAY-BASED BREAST IMAGING |
US14772227 |
2014-03-06 |
US20160000393A1 |
2016-01-07 |
Srinivasan VEDANTHAM; Andrew KARELLAS |
The invention provides x-ray-based breast imaging systems and related methods that are, for example, applicable to contrast enhanced digital mammography and contrast enhanced digital breast tomosynthesis and allow fast, cost-effective and accurate x-ray imaging. |
133 |
X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND X-RAY GENERATION APPARATUS |
US14746191 |
2015-06-22 |
US20150289352A1 |
2015-10-08 |
Toyomasa HONDA |
According to on embodiment, an inverter high voltage generator includes a DC power supply, an inverter, a high voltage converter, a discharge detector, a controller. The DC power supply generates a direct current. The inverter converts the direct current from the DC power supply to an alternating current by switching. The high voltage converter converts an AC output pulse from the inverter to a high voltage. The discharge detector detects an electric discharge that has occurred in an X-ray tube. The controller controls, upon detection of the discharge, switching of the inverter to change a pulse width or a frequency of the AC output pulse from the inverter so as to gradually increase a measured tube voltage value of the X-ray tube up to a target tube voltage value. |
134 |
X-RAY GENERATOR |
US14614781 |
2015-02-05 |
US20150279608A1 |
2015-10-01 |
Akihiro Miyaoka |
An X-ray generator is provided using a transmission type target having a long life span, where it is possible to change the point for generating X-rays on the surface of the target while maintaining the vacuum chamber in a high vacuum state. A portion of a vacuum chamber 1 that includes a target 2 is linked to a main body portion 1a of the chamber through a linking member 5 as a movable chamber portion 1b. A fixed anode 12 is provided between the target 2 and the electrode 10 at the final stage from among a group of electrodes 8, 9 and 10 for electrostatically accelerating and converging electrons from an electron source 7 and is fixed to the main body portion 1a of the chamber in order to prevent the form of the electrical field from changing when the movable chamber portion 1b is shifted. |
135 |
Imaging Stand |
US14637072 |
2015-03-03 |
US20150252938A1 |
2015-09-10 |
Atsushi SUZUKI |
An imaging stand includes: a holder configured to hold an installed cassette-type detector; a supporting member configured to support the holder from a back surface side; a circular gear secured to a shaft member protruding from a rotation center of the holder toward the supporting member on the back surface side, the holder being located in a different position from a position corresponding to the center of a radiation incidence surface of the cassette-type detector held in the holder; and a linear gear having concavities and convexities to be engaged with teeth of the circular gear, the linear gear being attached to the supporting member, wherein, when the holder holding the cassette-type detector is rotated relative to the supporting member, the rotation center of the holder linearly moves relative to the supporting member as the holder rotates, and a change is caused in orientation and position of the cassette-type detector. |
136 |
X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME |
US14517193 |
2014-10-17 |
US20150117606A1 |
2015-04-30 |
Jae Hak LEE; Dong Goo KANG; Young Hun SUNG; Jae Mock YI; Ji Young CHOI; Seok Min HAN |
An X-ray imaging apparatus is provided. The X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generator configured to radiate X-rays onto an object having a region of interest (ROI) and a non-ROI, a filter configured to adjust an X-ray dose of the X-rays incident on the ROI and the non-ROI, an X-ray detector configured to detect the X-rays transmitted through the object and convert the X-rays into X-ray data, and an image processing unit configured to obtain a frame image using the X-ray data, register the obtained frame image to a previous frame image, synthesize the frame image and the previous frame image, and generate a reconstructed frame image. |
137 |
METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION AND USE OF A STANDARD OPERATIONAL VALUE FOR THE DELAY TIME OF A RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEM |
US14394757 |
2013-04-22 |
US20150085987A1 |
2015-03-26 |
Walter Exelmans; Patrick Pandelaers; Patrick Lambrechts |
A method for the determination of the delay time of a radiographic generator and to the setting of a standard value for such delay time. According to the method it is determined by a series of decreasing chosen values for the delay time whether a signal for the confirmation of the start of the radiographic exposure is rendered by the radiographic generator. The last value of the chosen delay time whereby still such a confirmation signal is rendered, is retained as standard operational value for the delay time of the radiographic system. |
138 |
X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS |
US14480794 |
2014-09-09 |
US20150078516A1 |
2015-03-19 |
Shumpei OHASHI; Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI; Koichiro WATANABE |
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. |
139 |
Method for producing a scintillator array with silver (Ag) based spacers |
US13808158 |
2011-06-24 |
US08963097B2 |
2015-02-24 |
Simha Levene |
A method includes obtaining a plurality of the two dimensional arrays of gadolinium oxysulfide. An array has wider width non-silver based spacers (304) that extend between rows or columns of dixels and narrower width non-silver based spacers (306) that extend between the other of the rows or columns of dixels. The method further includes applying a silver coating (312) to at least one of a top or bottom surface of the arrays. The method further includes forming a stack by stacking the silver coated arrays, one on top of another (FIG. 3B), with substantially equal layers of adhesive between adjacent arrays. The method further includes slicing the stack through the wider non-silver based spacers to form two dimensional arrays of scintillator dixels (314) having silver based spacers (312) along at least one direction of the array. |
140 |
SIGNAL AND POWER SUPPLY TRANSMISSION |
US14127552 |
2012-06-25 |
US20140376696A1 |
2014-12-25 |
Jens Igney; Reinhard Steiner |
The present invention relates to signal and power supply transmission for an X-ray source. In order to provided an improved signal and power supply transmission with reduced constructional complexity and enhanced operation possibilities, an integrated signal and power supply transmission arrangement is provided, comprising a supply board (12), a main board (14), an insulating plate (16), at least one transformer arrangement (18), and at least one signal transmission arrangement (20). The insulating plate is provided between the supply and the main board. The transformer arrangement is provided to supply electric energy to the driving circuit of a transistor, which in turn feeds an X-ray source. The transformer arrangement comprises a primary electric conductor arranged on the supply board to cause electromagnetic induction in a secondary electric conductor arranged on the main board. The signal transmission arrangement is adapted to transmit a signal between the supply board and the main board; wherein the signal transmission arrangement comprises at least a first optical signal transmission device provided on the supply board, and a second optical signal transmission device (30) provided on the main board. The insulating plate is light-transmissive at least in the part between the first and second optical signal transmission device. The first and the second optical signal transmission devices are arranged in an optical connection path. |