Patent classifications
A61B6/44
DIGITAL DENTAL X-RAY SENSOR DEVICE HAVING A ROUNDED HOUSING
A digital dental x-ray sensor device includes a rounded, three-dimensional housing that lacks corners, edges, or other relatively sharp features that are known to cause discomfort when used in a patient's mouth. The rounded housing can be spherical, ellipsoid, or any similar regular or irregular rounded shape, and can be formed by ensuring that all curves of the surface of the rounded housing have a minimum radius that is sufficient to prevent features that can dig into the soft tissue of the inside of a patient's mouth.
Radiographic imaging apparatus and method of manufacturing radiographic imaging apparatus
A sensor substrate is provided with a plurality of pixels for accumulating electrical charges generated depending on light converted from radiation in a pixel region of a flexible base material. A circuit unit includes at least one of a driving substrate, a signal processing substrate, or a control substrate and is electrically connected to the sensor substrate. A fixing plate fixes the circuit unit. A conversion layer is provided on a first surface opposite to a second surface of the fixing plate on which the circuit unit is fixed, is provided in a state where the second surface opposite to the fixing plate side faces the first surface of the base material on which the pixels are provided, and converts radiation into light. A housing houses the sensor substrate, the circuit unit, the fixing plate, and the conversion layer.
Adjustable detector array for a nuclear medicine imaging system
Methods and systems are provided for a medical imaging system having a detector array. In one example, the detector array may include a plurality of adjustable imaging detectors, each of the plurality of adjustable imaging detectors including a detector unit, each detector unit having a plurality of rows of detector modules, wherein the plurality of adjustable imaging detectors may be arranged on an annular gantry, the annular gantry configured for rotation about an axis of a cylindrical aperture of the annular gantry, the axis extending a length of the cylindrical aperture, and wherein each of the plurality of adjustable imaging detectors may be disposed within the cylindrical aperture and may extend orthogonally toward the axis.
RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS
A mechanism that enhances rigidity of a casing of a radiation imaging apparatus while effectively using limited space inside the casing is provided. The rectangular casing that contains a radiation detecting panel, the radiation detecting panel detecting incident radiation, includes a front cover including an incident surface on which the radiation is incident, and a rear cover disposed in a manner to be opposite to the front cover. The rear cover includes one or more recess portions and a rib, at least one end of the rib being connected to a recess portion of the one or more recess portions, at a bottom surface opposite to the incident surface.
RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM
Provided is a radiation imaging apparatus, comprising: a radiation detection panel configured to detect incident radiation and convert the detected incident radiation into an electric signal; a housing including the radiation detection panel and having a front surface into which the radiation is incident, a back surface at a position opposed to the front surface, and a side surface positioned between the front surface and the back surface; and a light source included in the housing, configured to emit light indicating a state of the radiation imaging apparatus, wherein the light source is arranged inside the outer shape of the radiation detection panel, obtained by projecting the radiation detection panel onto the back surface.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING RADIATION
Interstitial brachytherapy is a cancer treatment in which radioactive material is placed closely to the target tissue of the affected site using an afterloader (HDR-brachytherapy) or manually (LDR- and PDR-brachytherapy). For HDR-brachytherapy, the accuracy of this placement is calibrated using an external reference system that locates the radioactive material according to the radiation levels measured at locations around the source. At each of these locations, a scintillator produces light when irradiated by the radioactive material. This light is proportional to the level of radiation at each location. The light produced by each scintillator is converted to an electrical signal that is proportional to the light and the radiation level at each location. The radioactive material is located according to the plurality of electrical signals.
Medical imaging system and workstation and X-ray detector thereof
A workstation includes a receiver configured to receive identification information of an X-ray detector from the X-ray detector; a controller configured to set assign indicator information of the X-ray detector, based on the received identification information of the X-ray detector; an output unit configured to display the set assign indicator information of the X-ray detector; and a transmitter configured to transmit the set assign indicator information of the X-ray detector to the X-ray detector. The X-ray detector includes a transmitter configured to transmit the identification information of the X-ray detector to the workstation; a receiver configured to receive the assign indicator information from the workstation after the transmitter transmits the identification information of the X-ray detector to the workstation; and an output unit configured to display an assign indicator based on the received assign indicator information.
Measurement system and method for operating a measurement system
A method for operating a measurement system (100) comprises: generating a beam of electromagnetic radiation (25) directed along a central ray (27) using a radiation source (19); moving the radiation source (19) relative to an object region (35) so that the central ray (27) is directed onto a radiation detector (31) during the movement; wherein the moving of the radiation source (19) relative to the object region (35) comprises: rotating the radiation source (19) about a first axis of rotation (D1), wherein the radiation source (19) is disposed eccentrically to the first axis of rotation (D1); rotating the radiation source (19) about a second axis of rotation (D2), wherein the first axis of rotation (D1) and the second axis of rotation (D2) together enclose an acute angle (α) amounting to at most 80°.
Radiation Shield Assembly
A radiation shield assembly includes a shield configured to block radiation and a rail assembly configured to position the shield in between the radiation table and a radiation source. The shield is movable between a retracted position and an extended position along a length of the rail assembly. In the extended position, the shield extends along a portion of a radiation table and blocks radiation from the radiation source to the portion of the radiation table. In the retracted position, the shield exposes at least some of the portion of the radiation table to the radiation.
X-ray imaging system and method of X-ray image tracking
Disclosed herein is a method for image tracking using an X-ray imaging system during an interventional radiology procedure on a human or an animal. The method may comprise acquiring a first image of an object inside a human or an animal with a first X-ray detector of the X-ray imaging system; acquiring a second image of the object with the X-ray imaging system during the interventional radiology procedure, at a time later than acquiring the first image; determining a displacement of the first X-ray detector based on the first image and the second image; moving the first X-ray detector by the displacement, with an actuator of the X-ray imaging system. The X-ray imaging system comprises the first X-ray detector, the second X-ray detector and the actuator. A spatial resolution of the first X-ray detector is higher than a spatial resolution of the second X-ray detector.