A tooth implantation technique and a subperiosteal implant manufacturing method for the solution of extreme atrophy of a tooth bone are disclosed, primarily using steps of tomography, data transformation, software design, 3D printing of a physical model, making a subperiosteal implant wax form, wax form scanning and design, and manufacturing with a CNC milling machine, so as to make a subperiosteal implant that fits with a patient, thereby improving the shortcomings in a conventional manufacturing procedure of an implant.

A system and method for displaying and navigating breast tissue is configured for or includes obtaining a plurality of 2D and/or 3D images of a patient's breast; generating a synthesized 2D image of the breast from the obtained images; displaying the synthesized 2D image; receiving a user command, or otherwise detecting through a user interface, a user selection or other indication of an object or region in the synthesized 2D image; and displaying at least a portion of one or more images from the plurality, including a source image and/or most similar representation of the user selected or indicated object or region.

Disclosed is a method, program product, and computer system that provides iterative computed tomography (CT) image reconstruction. The approach produces an image whose resolving power exceeds that of conventional algorithms, and utilizes an inner and out iterative loop, configured by ordered subsets criteria, to perform: projecting a reconstructed image; resampling a resulting calculated projection, thereby enabling super-resolution; calculating a comparison quantity with the collected projection array (e.g., sinogram); backprojecting onto a correction array a function that utilizes the comparison quantity; and generating a new reconstructed image with an operation involving the correction array.

The invention relates to an X-ray detector arrangement (10) for X-ray phase contrast tomo-synthesis imaging, a line detector (1) for X-ray phase contrast tomo-synthesis imaging, an imaging system (24) for X-ray phase contrast tomo-synthesis imaging, a method for X-ray phase contrast tomo-synthesis imaging, and a computer program element for controlling such arrangement and a computer readable medium having stored such computer program element. The X-ray detector arrangement (10) comprises several line detectors (1). Each line detector (1) is configured to detect a Moiré pattern in at least a portion of an X-ray beam (2) impacting such line detector (1). Each line detector (1) comprises several detector lines (11), wherein a width W of each line detector (1) equals one period or an integer multiple of the period of the Moiré pattern.

Provided is an irradiation planning apparatus including: a three-dimensional CT value data acquisition unit (36); a prescription data input processing unit (32) which acquires prescription data; a stopping power ratio conversion unit (37) and a nuclear reaction effective density conversion unit (38) which respectively generate first conversion data (41) and second conversion data (42) on the basis of three-dimensional CT value data; and a calculation unit (33) which calculates a dose distribution on the basis of the prescription data, the first conversion data (41), and the second conversion data (42), wherein the stopping power ratio conversion unit (37) and the nuclear reaction effective density conversion unit (38) perform correction processing for correcting data obtained from the three-dimensional CT value data, using a physical quantity indicative of a likelihood of spalling particles of incident charged particle beam (3), and then determine the dose distribution. Thus, in calculation of a dose distribution in a body in particle beam irradiation planning, a dose error introduced by a difference between the probability of nuclear reaction initiated, in a body, by incident particles and the probability of nuclear reaction initiated, in water, by incident particles is simply and accurately corrected.

A tomography apparatus that may reduce partial scan artifacts includes: a data acquirer configured to acquire tomography data when X-rays are emitted as a cone beam to an object while rotating by one cycle angular section that is less than one rotation; and an image reconstructor configured to reconstruct a tomography image by using corrected tomography data that is obtained by applying to the tomography data a weight that is set based on at least one of a view that is included in the one cycle angular section and a cone angle in the cone beam.

A recording and reconstruction of image data of a predetermined object of an examination object is performed by an x-ray system. The x-ray system determines a number of elliptical cylinders so that the object is arranged entirely in the volumes of the cylinders. Data within each of the cylinders is recorded by the x-ray system. The image data of the object is reconstructed based on the data recorded for each of the cylinders.

A scanning system for three-dimensional imaging comprises a bench, a gantry frame, a light source, a sensor and a control unit. The bench is to support a subject to be scanned. The gantry frame is movably mounted at a lateral side of the bench. The light source is movably mounted on the gantry frame so as to emit a light for a radiographic purpose. The sensor is movably mounted at a side of the bench, by opposing to the subject with respect to the bench, so as to receive the light emitted from the light source. The control unit is electrically coupled with the gantry frame, the light source and the sensor so as thereby to perform motion controls upon the gantry frame, the light source and the sensor.

A method and system for image reconstruction are provided. A projection image of a projection object may be obtained. A processed projection image may be generated based on the projection image through one or more pre-process operations. A reconstructed image including an artifact may be reconstructed based on the processed projection image. The artifact may be a detector edge artifact, a projection object edge artifact, and a serrated artifact. The detector edge artifact, the projection object edge artifact, and the serrated artifact may be removed from the reconstructed image.

A medical device having a body having a first bubble vane for measuring angle in one plane; said body having a second bubble vane for measuring an angle in another plane; said first bubble vane having angle indicia; said second bubble vane having angle indicia; said one plane being the in a different plane from said another plane and the angles in the two planes providing the entry point for an incision for the placement of an orthopedic device.