General Electric Company

Ge Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC

Ge Precision Healthcare LLC

Other

General Electric Corporation Gmbh

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Kenneth Scott Kump

Donald Fayette Langler

James Zhengshe Liu

Paul Richard Granfors

John Robert Lamberty

Richard Aufrichtig

Brian John Kost

Douglas Albagli

Scott William Petrick

Vincent Stanley Polkus

Jibril Odogba

Ken Scott Kump

Fengchao Zhang

Brian David Yanoff

Habib Vafi

Alexander Ganin

Jon Charles Omernick

Richard Gordon Cronce

David Conrad Neumann

Jason Robert Ertel

Mohamed Ali Hamadeh

Chuande Liu

Thomas Murray Leeds

Justin M Wanek

Aaron A Haen

George E Possin

John Eric Tkaczyk

Ching-Yeu Wei

Marc Schaepkens

Gireesha Chinthamani Rao

Aaron Judy Couture

Renuka Uppaluri

John Moore Boudry

German Guillermo Vera Gonzalez

Michael A Juhl

John French

German Guillermo Vera

Beth Ann Heckel

Michael Lee Spohn

Eric Hart

Robert Carl Minnich

Najib Akram

Scott F Schubert

Adam Pluim

Lloyd W Ison

Michel S Tohme

Shijia Zhang

Christopher Alden Hammond

Diego Fernando Freire Munoz

Feng (Frank) Gao

Amanda Lynn Pratt

Mylene Roussel

Gregory Donald Schumacher-Novak

German Guillermo Vera-Gonzalez

Michelle Branson

Scott Forrest Schubert

According to one aspect of an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, a system and method for providing an indication of the mode of operation of an X-ray imaging system operable in a fixed mode or an automatic optimization of parameter (AOP) mode, and an operational mode indication system including at least one of a visual indicator and an audio indicator. The selection of an operational mode for the X-ray system enables a control processing unit to activate the operational mode indication system in a first manner and in a second manner at least during the operation of the radiation source and the detector to provide an indication of a current mode of operation of the imaging system, wherein the first manner is readily discernable from the second manner.

System and method for notification of imaging mode of X-ray imaging system

A method for automatic selection of display settings for a medical image is provided. The method includes receiving a medical image, mapping the medical image to an appearance classification cell of an appearance classification matrix using a trained deep neural network, selecting a first WW and a first WC for the medical image based on the appearance classification and a target appearance classification, adjusting the first WW and the first WC based on user preferences to produce a second WW and a second WC, and displaying the medical image with the second WW and the second WC via a display device.

Systems and methods for consistent presentation of medical images using deep neural networks

Various methods and systems are provided for x-ray imaging. In one embodiment, a method comprises acquiring an image of a subject, generating, based on the image and a plurality of parameters, a noise modulation map comprising an estimated amount of noise in each pixel of the image, selectively reducing noise in the image based on the noise modulation map to generate a final image, and displaying the final image. In this way, the radiation dose during imaging may be reduced while maintaining or even improving image quality.

Methods and systems for parametric noise modulation in x-ray imaging

An X-ray imaging system includes a digital X-ray detector configured to acquire X-ray image data without communication from a source controller and to send the X-ray image data to a portable detector control device for processing and image preview. The source controller is configured to command X-ray emissions of X-rays from an X-ray radiation source for image exposures.

X-ray system and method with digital image acquisition

An X-ray imaging system is provided. The X-ray imaging system includes an X-ray radiation source. The X-ray imaging system also includes a source controller coupled to the source and configured to command emission of X-rays for image exposures. The X-ray imaging system further includes a digital X-ray detector configured to acquire X-ray image data without communication from the source controller, wherein the digital X-ray detector includes a photovoltaic device, and the digital X-ray detector is configured to determine one or more of a beginning, end, or duration of an image exposure via the photovoltaic device.

X-ray system and method with digital image acquisition using a photovoltaic device

A method for processing X-ray image data includes exposing a digital detector to X-ray radiation. The method also includes sampling data via the digital detector including X-ray image data and offset image data. The method further includes calculating an average offset image without prior knowledge of a total number of offset image frames sampled.

X-ray system and method for processing image data

A method for controlling a X-ray radiography system includes acquiring data from a digital X-ray detector, characterizing electromagnetic interference based upon the acquired data, selecting an electromagnetic interference compensation algorithm based upon the characterized electromagnetic interference, acquiring X-ray imaging data via the digital X-ray detector based upon the selected electromagnetic interference compensation algorithm, and processing the X-ray imaging data to produce image data capable of reconstruction in a user viewable form.

Radiological image noise reduction system and method

In one embodiment, a digital X-ray detector is provided with a plurality of pixel regions. Each pixel region includes a first photodiode having a first area and a second photodiode having a second area equal to or smaller than the first area. The digital X-ray detector also includes a shielding structure that overlies the first and second photodiodes of each pixel region with the shielding structure shielding proportionally less of the first photodiode than of the second photodiode to provide the first photodiode with a first sensitivity and the second photodiode with a second sensitivity lower than the first sensitivity.

Digital X-ray detector with increased dynamic range

An X-ray imaging method includes in a digital X-ray detector including an array of discrete picture elements each including a photodiode and a transistor, applying a first voltage to the transistors of the discrete picture elements. The method also includes preparing for acquisition of X-ray image data by sampling data from the discrete picture elements while applying a second voltage to the transistors of the discrete picture elements not then being sampled, the second voltage being more negative than the first voltage. The method further includes receiving X-ray radiation on the detector from a source. The method yet further includes sampling X-ray image data from the discrete picture elements while applying the second voltage to the transistors of the discrete picture elements not then being sampled.

X-ray system and method for sampling image data

An X-ray imaging method includes performing an X-ray exposure via an X-ray radiation source responsive to a source controller. The method also includes sampling X-ray image data via a digital detector without communication of timing signals from the source controller. The method further includes combining the sampled X-ray image data of at least one imaging frame or two or more imaging frames with at least one of the frames spanning a duration in which the exposure occurred, to produce X-ray image data capable of being reconstructed into a user-viewable image.

X-ray system and method for producing X-ray image data

A method for imaging an object includes radiating the object of interest and sensing the radiation that penetrates through the object using a detector having at least one active area and at least one inactive area, determining when the radiation is completed using information received from the inactive area of the imaging detector, and reconstructing an image of the object using information received from the active area of the imaging detector. A medical imaging system and a computer-readable medium are also provided.

System and method for monitoring X-rays received by a portable imaging detector

A gain correction and calibration technique for digital imaging systems is provided. In one embodiment, a method may include acquiring a plurality of dark images via a digital detector of an X-ray system. Acquiring the plurality of dark images may include acquiring data from a plurality of data channels of the digital detector during an analog test mode of the digital detector in which calibration voltages are applied to the data channels. The method may also include calibrating a channel gain map of the detector based on the plurality of dark images. Additional systems, methods, and devices are also disclosed.

Gain calibration and correction technique for digital imaging systems

Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments, row-correlated noise of a digital X-ray detector is monitored during idle operation of the digital X-ray detector and the magnitude of the row-correlated noise is compared to a visible threshold.

Systems, methods and apparatus for row-correlated noise monitoring in digital X-ray systems

Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations field-effect-transistor (FET) leakage from a pixel array panel of a digital X-ray detector is reduced by acquiring an image and an offset image from the pixel array panel of the digital X-ray detector while a negative voltage of the pixel array panel is at a higher level than a negative voltage of a threshold state of the pixel array panel of the digital X-ray detector.

Systems, methods and apparatus for reduction of field-effect transistor leakage in a digital X-ray detector

Systems and methods are provided for managing power consumption of a medical imaging detector by the use of triggering signals, environmental condition data, and/or determination of a variable time interval triggering event that is unique for each power consumption state. Systems and methods are provided for managing power and temperature of a device, after receiving a request for a function to be performed by the device determining an 'on' trigger component, an 'off' trigger component, associated circuits for performing the received function, providing power to the associated circuits upon the occurrence of the &#x201c;on&#x201d; trigger component, and removing power to the associated circuits upon the occurrence of the &#x201c;off&#x201d; trigger component. Further, an instruction is described for determining and displaying a variable time interval that is indicative of a time to change from one state to a desired state.

Digital radiography detector with thermal and power management

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