An x-ray system for at least one of breast examinations and procedures includes a base component, a table configured to support a patient in a prone position and disposed proximate to the base component with a space reserved therebetween, a rotatable x-ray assembly disposed between the base component and the table, and a linear motor assembly operatively connected to the rotatable x-ray assembly and the base component so as to effect rotation of the rotatable x-ray assembly relative to the base component during operation. The rotatable x-ray assembly rotates at least partially around an active spatial region, and the table defines an opening that is positioned for a breast to extend downwards therethrough at least partially into said active spatial region.

A method of manufacturing customized ceramic labial/lingual orthodontic brackets by digital light processing, said method comprises measuring dentition data of a profile of teeth of a patient, wherein measuring dentition data is performed using a CT scanner or intra-oral scanner, based on the dentition data, creating a three dimensional computer-assisted design (3D CAD) model of the patient's teeth using reverse engineering, and saving the 3D CAD model on a computer, designing a 3D CAD bracket structure model for a single labial or lingual bracket structure, importing the 3D CAD bracket structure model into a Digital Light Processing (DLP) machine, directly producing the bracket by layer manufacturing.

The present disclosure provides a computed tomography apparatus and a method for capturing a tomographic image by the same. The device includes: a radiation source configured to emit X rays; a radiation source window; a baffle having a through-hole therein; a control module connected to the baffle via a drive device, configured to control a rotation center of a rotation arm of the apparatus according to a preset photographing condition to determine a photographing position to be captured, and to regulate the baffle via the drive device according to a position of a partial area of a target object when the photographing position is the partial area; and the area array detector configured to convert received X rays penetrating through the through-hole and the partial area to a projection image.

Various methods and systems are provided for medical imaging. In one embodiment, a method for a C-arm imaging system, comprises during an interventional procedure involving a medical device inserted within a segment of interest (SOI), angulating a C-arm of the C-arm imaging device based on a geometry of the SOI and a location of an extremity of the medical device.

In the present invention, a system and associated method is provided for image-guided navigation during a medical procedure. The system includes a movable gantry having an X-ray source, an X-ray detector and a laser disposed on the detector offset from the area of the detector receiving the beam from the source, a movable table and a system controller operably connected to the gantry, the X-ray source, the X-ray detector, the laser and the table. In the method, the controller determines an optimal trajectory for the insertion of an interventional device into the body to intersect the target, positions the gantry to locate the laser at a point where a laser beam is emitted from the laser along the optimal trajectory outside of the X-ray beam, and takes additional images during the procedure to show the position of the interventional device in the body as compared with the optimal trajectory.

A system for taking fluoroscopic images of large animals having a rotatable plate with a plurality of detectors disposed on the rotatable plate, wherein the detectors are arranged as spokes extending radially outwardly from a central rotational point on the rotatable plate with collimators disposed on the side edges of the spokes. A drive assembly rotates the plate about an axis extending through the central rotational point at a speed such that the duration of successive image frames corresponds to the time taken for each spoke of detectors to move to the position of an adjacent spoke of detectors.

A photon source emits a flattening filter-free photon beam. A control circuit operably couples to a multi-layer multi-leaf collimator that is disposed between the photon source and a treatment area of a patient. The control circuit automatically arranges operation of some, but not all, of the layers of the multi-layer multi-leaf collimator to serve as a virtual flattening filter with respect to the flattening filter-free photon beam emitted by the photon source. By one approach, another of the layers of the multi-layer multi-leaf collimator serves to form a treatment aperture corresponding to a shape of the treatment area of the patient. By one approach the control circuit comprises an integral part of a treatment platform (as versus a dedicated treatment planning platform) and can carry out most or even essentially all of the planning steps that lead to administration of the treatment to a patient.

The present disclosure relates to an auxiliary apparatus used to capture an image of teeth of a patient, and more particularly, to a support block that enables an image of teeth of the patient to be captured in a state where a natural dentition is maintained, and an imaging apparatus including the same. According to the dental support block of the present disclosure and the imaging apparatus including the same, imaging can be performed by reflecting a patient's normal occlusal state, thereby accurately checking and diagnosing a condition of teeth, dentition, and the like and treating accordingly.

The invention comprises a method and apparatus for reducing a kinetic energy of positively charged particles, comprising the steps of: (1) transporting the positively charged particles from an accelerator into an exit nozzle system along a beam line; (2) providing a first chamber of the exit nozzle system, the first chamber comprising: an incident side comprising an incident aperture, an exit side comprising an exit aperture, and a beam path of the positively charged particles from the incident aperture to the exit aperture; (3) filling the beam path in the chamber with a liquid; and (4) using the liquid to reduce the kinetic energy of the positively charged particles. The kinetic energy dissipater is optionally used in combination with a proton therapy cancer treatment system and/or a proton tomography imaging system.

A method, device, and computer program product for capturing projection images of an object are provided. An x-ray beam source is moved by a control unit on a path into a plurality of positions, in which an x-ray beam is transmitted. An x-ray beam detector is moved by the control unit into a plurality of positions, in which the x-ray beam, penetrating the object, is detected. The x-ray beam source and/or the x-ray beam detector are moved on a calculated path around the object, at a constant distance between the x-ray beam source and the x-ray beam detector or the object. The path is described by an nth degree polynomial and determined by the control unit through an optimization of a path along the central x-ray beam. The polynomial is selected such that a safety clearance with respect to the object is maintained and a distance between the x-ray beam detector and the object is minimized.