General Electric Company

Ge Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC

Other

Duke University

L-3 Communications Corporation

Mropho Detection, Inc.

Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard

Bernhard Erich Hermann Claus

John Patrick Kaufhold

Kristina H Hedengren

Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg

Kwok C Tam

Reinhold Franz Wirth

Gopal Biligeri Avinash

Abdalmajeid Musa Alyassin

Abdulrahman Abdallah Al-Khalidy

John Michael Sabol

Kadri Nizar Jabri

David Allen Langan

Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller

Kedar Bhalchandra Khare

Ajay Kapur

James George Morrow

Yann Delmas

John Eric Tkaczyk

Joseph Manak

Stephen Wayne Metz

Hao Lai

Scott Stephen Zelakiewicz

Andrea Marie Schmitz

Dinko Eduardo Gonzalez Trotter

Ralph Allen Hewes

Meng-Ling Hsiao

Robert F Kwasnick

George E Possin

Herbert S Cole

Ching-Yeu Wei

Joseph Bendahan

Frederick Wilson Wheeler

Adrian F Warner

Yves Lucien Trousset

Daniel Richard Schneidewend

Floribertus P M Heukensfeldt Jansen

Jens Rittscher

Mark Lewis Grabb

Yun Zou

Fengfeng Tao

Baojun Li

William D Barber

Omar Al Assad

Henri Souchay

Christopher David Unger

Philip Alexander Shoemaker

Cyril Riddell

Vianney Pierre Battle

David W Oliver

Theresa Ann Sitnik-Nieters

Rudolph A Koegl

Michel Francois Grimaud

Carson Hale Thomas

Steven G Karr

Beale Hibbs Opsahl-Ong

James Talmage Dobbins, Iii

Victor Manuel Perez Zarate

Gerald Bowden Wise

Jianguo Zhao

John P Keaveney

Harold John Jenkins, Jr

Michael Anthony Rumsey

Dallas E Cain

Jerry A Thomas

Devon James Godfrey

Timothy Powers

Kedar Bhalachandra Khare

Scott Dana Tilton

Tobias George Harvey

Daniel Bruno McDevitt

Abdulrahman Al-khalidy

Bernhard E H Claus

Abdulrahman Abdallah Al-khalidy

Bernard Erich Hermann Claus

Bernard E H Claus

Gulnar Siddiqi

Abdulrahman Abdallah Alkhalidy

Thomas Edmund Sjoberg

Michael Dermot Denvir

Joseph John Manak

Embodiments for aggregating multiple data sources on a single display device are provided. In one example, a computing device comprises at least one input configured to receive data from one or more data sources, a user interface to receive user input, and instructions to identify an event of a procedure based on one or more of data received from the one or more data sources and user input received via the user interface, and arrange one or more display information elements on a display device based on the identified event and a workflow protocol.

Macro-enabled display elements

Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for imaging. The system includes one or more radiation sources and detectors configured to transmit x-ray radiation towards a subject for imaging a dynamic process in a ROI of the subject and to acquire projection data corresponding to the ROI, respectively. The system also includes a computing device operatively coupled to one or more of the radiation sources and the detectors. The computing device is configured to provide control signals for performing one or more reference scans for acquiring reference data from a plurality of angular positions around the subject and for performing one or more tomosynthesis scans using one or more tomosynthesis trajectories for acquiring tomosynthesis data following the onset of the dynamic process. Additionally, the computing device is configured to reconstruct one or more images representative of the dynamic process using the reference data and/or the tomosynthesis data.

Systems and methods for imaging dynamic processes

A radiation detector is provided that provides fast sequential image acquisition. In one embodiment, the radiation detector a diode capacitor that is charged in response to a radiation exposure event. The charge stored in the diode capacitor is transferred to a separate storage capacitor, allowing a new charge to be generated and stored at the diode capacitor.

Radiation detector for use in sequential image acquisition

A method includes, in a bi-plane interventional imaging system, moving a first C-arm supporting a first X-ray source and a first X-ray detector about first and second axes while obtaining a plurality of first X-ray attenuation data sets relating to a subject of interest; moving a second C-arm, positioned crosswise with respect to the first C-arm and supporting a second X-ray source and a second X-ray detector, about the first axis while obtaining a plurality of second X-ray attenuation data sets relating to the subject of interest; and synchronizing the movement of the first and second C-arms to avoid collision therebetween.

System and method for performing bi-plane tomographic acquisitions

The subject matter disclosed herein relates to X-ray imaging systems, and more specifically to digital X-ray imaging systems. In one embodiment, an imaging system includes an X-ray source configured to emit X-rays. The imaging system also includes an X-ray detector configured to detect the emitted X-rays and produce a corresponding electrical signal. The imaging system also includes a gantry configured to at least partially revolve the X-ray source and the X-ray detector about a primary rotational axis. The X-ray detector is coupled to the gantry so that a diagonal of the X-ray detector is oriented substantially perpendicular to the primary rotational axis.

System and method for orienting an X-ray detector

A motion correction system and method for motion correction for an x-ray tube is presented. One embodiment of the motion correction system includes a sensing unit coupled to an x-ray tube to determine a distance with which an impingement location of an electron beam generated by the x-ray tube deviates from a determined location due to motion of the x-ray tube. The motion correction system further includes a control unit coupled to the sensing unit to generate a control signal corresponding to the distance with which the impingement location of the electron beam deviates. Also, the motion correction system includes a deflection unit coupled to the control unit to steer the electron beam to the determined location based on the generated control signal.

Motion correction system and method for an x-ray tube

The subject matter disclosed herein relates to patient imaging systems, and more specifically, to portable X-ray imaging systems. In a first embodiment, a patient imaging system is presented. The patient imaging system includes an X-ray source configured to emit X-rays and a wireless X-ray detector configured to detect the emitted X-rays and acquire patient image data. The patient imaging system also includes an acquisition control system configured to initialize and prepare the patient imaging system for X-ray emission and detection. The acquisition control system is also configured to receive the acquired patient image data from the X-ray detector, and to non-deterministically control the operation of the X-ray source and the wireless X-ray detector. The patient imaging system also includes one or more user interfaces configured to instruct the acquisition control system when a user is ready for the patient imaging system to initialize, to prepare for X-ray emission and detection, and to begin X-ray emission and detection.

System and method for controlling a portable X-ray system

A flexible, lightweight, easily maneuverable positioner for an imaging system. The positioning system in one example has a cart section with a base frame coupled to one or more wheels. There is a mast extending from the cart section and a linkage assembly coupled to a second end of the mast, wherein the mast is configured to swing about a vertical plane. There is a positioning arm coupled to the linkage assembly, wherein the positioning arm is configured to swing about at least one of a horizontal plane and the vertical plane. An imaging bracket is used to couple to the positioning arm and configured to receive an imaging unit. In one example, the positioner is coupled together by fasteners, wherein the positioner can be assembled and dis-assembled via the fasteners without tools.

Positioner for ultra-portable imaging system

A technique for directly reconstructing three-dimensional images acquired in tomosynthesis imaging is provided. The method allows for pre-processing a set of projection images based upon the acquisition geometry prior to direct reconstruction of the projection images. Furthermore, the technique allows for post-processing the reconstructed image data as desired to improve image quality. If desired the direct reconstruction process may be iterated a set number of times or until a desired threshold criteria is met, such as regarding image quality.

Method and apparatus for direct reconstruction in tomosynthesis imaging

Systems and method for reconstruction of x-ray images are provided. One method includes acquiring a plurality of image views using an x-ray imaging system, the plurality of image views defining a limited tomographic dataset. The method also includes performing three-dimensional (3D) image reconstruction using the plurality of image views in an iterative reconstruction, wherein the iterative reconstruction includes forming a linear combination based on a plurality of previous iteration results. The method further includes displaying an image based on the image reconstruction, wherein the image includes clinically relevant high-frequency detail information.

System and method for reconstruction of X-ray images

Dual modality detection devices and methods are provided for detecting nuclear material, the devices include a neutron detector including multiple neutron detection modules; and a gamma detector including multiple gamma detection modules, where the multiple neutron detection modules and the multiple gamma detection modules are integrated together in a single unit to detect simultaneously both gamma rays and neutrons.

Dual modality detection system of nuclear materials concealed in containers

In one embodiment, a method of tomographic image construction includes performing sparsification on initial projection data for an object with a processor to provide sparsified projection data of the object. The method also includes backprojecting the sparsified projection data with the processor to provide a three-dimensional image of the object, and performing sparsification on the three-dimensional image with the processor to provide a sparsified image.

Method for image construction

At least one metric for a mammographic image is computed by a workstation, and provided on a workstation display along with the mammographic image. A clinician can select one or more different metrics to be computed for an image, as well as where they are to be shown and the manner in which they are to be shown on the display. Speech (may also be an audible sound which is not speech) may also be used in the workstation to audibly provide metrics information to the clinician.

Method and apparatus for providing mammographic image metrics to a clinician

A method for imaging a breast is provided. The method includes positioning a breast within a breast holder including a flexible membrane and creating at least a partial vacuum within the flexible membrane. A method of upgrading a mammography system and various configurations of breast holders are also provided.

Breast immobilization device and method of imaging the breast

A tomosynthesis system for forming a three dimensional image of an object is provided. The system includes an X-ray source adapted to irradiate the object with a beam of X-rays from a plurality of positions in a sector, an X-ray detector positioned relative to the X-ray source to detect X-rays transmitted through the object and a processor which is adapted to generate a three dimensional image of the object based on X-rays detected by the detector. The detector is adapted to move relative to the object and/or the X-ray source is adapted to irradiate the object with the beam of X-rays such that the beam of X-rays follows in a non arc shaped path and/or a center of the beam of X-rays impinges substantially on the same location on the detector from different X-ray source positions in the sector.

Tomographic mammography method

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