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Number: 378/4
Name: X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices > Specific application > Computerized tomography
Description: Subject matter employing computer processing of X-ray absorption or transmission data to produce an image of a cross section of an object.


Sub-classes under this class:

Class Number Class Name Patents
378/19 Beam detection system 779
378/16 Beam energy or intensity control 131
378/15 Continuous mechanical rotation 478
378/5 Energy discriminating 130
378/6 Fluorescence or scatter mapping 43
378/10 Nonrotating source or detector 149
378/20 Object positioning or aligning 312
378/8 Object responsive 304
378/9 Plural sources 137
378/7 Scatter compensating 111
378/11 Source or detector translation within plane 87
378/17 Tiltable or nonvertical examination plane 95
378/18 With tissue equivalent material 135


Patents under this class:

Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7403588 Method for production of tomographic slice images of an examination object using at least two X-ray beams at offset angles, and a computed tomography scanner for carrying out this method Jul. 22, 2008
7403587 Computer tomography method using a cone-shaped bundle of rays Jul. 22, 2008
7397890 CT system with synthetic view generation Jul. 8, 2008
7397886 Method and apparatus for soft-tissue volume visualization Jul. 8, 2008
7395180 Efficient translation of data from a two-dimensional array to a wedge Jul. 1, 2008
7394923 Imaging system for generating a substantially exact reconstruction of a region of interest Jul. 1, 2008
7394920 Automated computer-implemented method and system for reorienting emission computer tomographic myocardial perfusion images Jul. 1, 2008
7391893 System and method for the detection of shapes in images Jun. 24, 2008
7391843 Systems and methods for adjusting noise in a medical imaging system Jun. 24, 2008
7388983 Method of and system for detecting anomalies in projection images generated by computed tomography scanners Jun. 17, 2008
7388940 Architectures for cardiac CT based on area x-ray sources Jun. 17, 2008
7386090 Processes and a device for determining the actual position of a structure of an object to be examined Jun. 10, 2008
7386088 Method and system for iterative image reconstruction Jun. 10, 2008
7385200 Re-binning method for nuclear medicine imaging devices Jun. 10, 2008
7382852 Method and apparatus for correcting motion in image reconstruction Jun. 3, 2008
7382851 Medical imaging diagnosis apparatus Jun. 3, 2008
7379615 Method for space-time filtering of noise in radiography May. 27, 2008
7379576 Method and system for patient identification in 3D digital medical images May. 27, 2008
7379575 Method for post- reconstructive correction of images of a computer tomograph May. 27, 2008
7379534 X-ray CT image production method and X-ray CT system May. 27, 2008
7379525 Method and system for efficient helical cone-beam reconstruction May. 27, 2008
7379524 Computer tomography scanner May. 27, 2008
7378660 Computer program, method, and system for hybrid CT attenuation correction May. 27, 2008
7376255 System and method for image reconstruction May. 20, 2008
7376213 CT image reconstruction through employment of function that describes interpreted movement of source around particular point of object May. 20, 2008
7374338 Gantry for a computed tomography apparatus and method for cooling a gantry May. 20, 2008
7374337 Releasably interconnected CT and SPECT scanners May. 20, 2008
7372937 Systems and methods of non-standard spiral cone-beam computed tomograpy (CT) May. 13, 2008
7372935 Method for minimizing image artifacts and medical imaging system May. 13, 2008
7372934 Method for performing image reconstruction using hybrid computed tomography detectors May. 13, 2008
7369695 Method and apparatus for metal artifact reduction in 3D X-ray image reconstruction using artifact spatial information May. 6, 2008
7369638 System and method for detecting a protrusion in a medical image May. 6, 2008
7366278 DRR generation using a non-linear attenuation model Apr. 29, 2008
7366277 Tomographic device and method therefor Apr. 29, 2008
7362845 Method and apparatus of global de-noising for cone beam and fan beam CT imaging Apr. 22, 2008
7362844 Tomography appliance, and method for a tomography appliance Apr. 22, 2008
7362843 System and method for reconstruction of cone beam tomographic projections with missing data Apr. 22, 2008
7359535 Systems and methods for retrospective internal gating Apr. 15, 2008
7359478 Method for restoring truncated helical cone-beam computed tomography data Apr. 15, 2008
7359477 Method for reconstructing a CT image using an algorithm for a short-scan circle combined with various lines Apr. 15, 2008
7359476 Radiation tomographic imaging apparatus and radiation tomographic imaging method, and image producing apparatus Apr. 15, 2008
7356115 Radiation scanning units including a movable platform Apr. 8, 2008
7355181 Radiological imaging apparatus and radiological imaging method and radiological imaging support method Apr. 8, 2008
7349520 X-ray CT scanner and image-data generating method Mar. 25, 2008
7346142 Computed tomography method for the reconstruction of object images from real and fictitious measured values Mar. 18, 2008
7343029 Process and device for vascular navigation Mar. 11, 2008
7340027 Metal artifact correction in computed tomography Mar. 4, 2008
7340026 Reconstruction of the current flow in a vessel system Mar. 4, 2008
7338207 Gantry positioning apparatus for X-ray imaging Mar. 4, 2008
7336761 Tomographic imaging system using a conformable mirror Feb. 26, 2008



 
 
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