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4852132 Method of collecting data for X-ray tomograph
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cent thereto a plurality of photomultiplier tubes arranged in a predetermined configuration for detecting the scintillation event. In a single tomography computer emission photon (SPECT) embodiment, a system which utilizes the present invention is initialized by storing weighting factors which are derived from placing a source of radiation in a plurality of known locations. The output values of the photomultiplier tubes are stored in a calibration file and subjected to a mathematical process to profactors which are duce the weighting subsequently stored in a memory. During operation of the system, the signal values from the photomultiplier tubes are combined with the weighting factors to produce weighted signals which are then summed together to produce a composite weighted signal. The addresses of the weighting factors are correlated to position information; the correct position information being determined in response to the composite weighted signal assuming a predetermined value.
4852132 METHOD OF COLLECTING DATA FOR X-RAY TOMOGRAPH Jiro Namikawa, Tokyo, Japan Yokogawa Medical Systems
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The present invention which relates to a method of collecting data which enables exact opposing view data to be obtained as the real data with respect to data on any channel in an X-ray tomograph which uses fan beam X-rays is characterized in that the timing for collecting the output data of each detection channel is so selected that the relationship in which a pair of items of data based on a pair of X-ray beams which pass a substantially common route formed in a target in the opposite directions to each other are detected by a pair of channels which are situated at substantially symmetrical positions with respect to the center of an X-ray detector may be established with respect to all channels.
4852134 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIOGRAPHY OF THE DENTAL, JAW, AND SKULL REGIONS Ilmari Kinanen, Heikki Kanerva, Erkki Tammisalo, Espoo, Finland assigned to OrionYhtyma Oy
A method and an apparatus for the radiographic recording of a patient’s dent&on, jaws, and skull regions invalues seating a patient in a patient chair (9) so as localize the patient in the coordinate system of the radiographic apparatus in an unequivocal position before taking the exposure for a radiograph (87). Furthermore, in accordance with the invention, the radiograph (87) is used for measuring the coordinates of a desired object (95) by a coordinate locator (88) after which the desired partial area (94 or 96) is selected on the basis of the coordinates, and the exposure direction is changed in relation to the first exposure in the horizontal plane and/or the vertical plane before executing the exposure program for the desired partial area (94 or 96). The apparatus in accordance with the invention comprises a coordinate locator (88) which provides for locating a desired detail (95) in the panoramic radiograph in relation to the coordinate system of the radiographic apparatus, and controllers (61, 65, 67) which steer the actuators of the radiographic apparatus in a manner which implements the recording of the desired detail. By the method, a desired detail of a radiograph can be recorded in several different projections for closer examinations.
4853540 APPARATUS FOR RECORDING RADIATION IMAGE OF AN OBJECT ON A STIMULABLE PHOSPHOR SHEET TO FACILITATE LATER RECONSTRUCTION OF AN ARBITRARY TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF THE OBJECT
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Nobuyoshi Nakajima, Kaisei, Japan assigned to Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd A radiation image recording apparatus comprises a radiation source for emitting a radiation to an object, a device for moving the radiation source to change the irradiation angle, a sheet changer for feeding a stimulable phosphor sheet to an image recording position exposed to the radiation passing through the object to have a radiation image of the object stored on the stimulable phosphor sheet and then receiving a drive signal to remove the stimulable phosphor sheet from the image recording position and feed a next stimulable phosphor sheet thereto, and a device for moving the sheet changer so that the stimulable phosphor sheet at the image recording position and the radiation source satisfy the linear rule and the geometric rule with
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cent thereto a plurality of photomultiplier tubes arranged in a predetermined configuration for detecting the scintillation event. In a single tomography computer emission photon (SPECT) embodiment, a system which utilizes the present invention is initialized by storing weighting factors which are derived from placing a source of radiation in a plurality of known locations. The output values of the photomultiplier tubes are stored in a calibration file and subjected to a mathematical process to profactors which are duce the weighting subsequently stored in a memory. During operation of the system, the signal values from the photomultiplier tubes are combined with the weighting factors to produce weighted signals which are then summed together to produce a composite weighted signal. The addresses of the weighting factors are correlated to position information; the correct position information being determined in response to the composite weighted signal assuming a predetermined value.
4852132 METHOD OF COLLECTING DATA FOR X-RAY TOMOGRAPH Jiro Namikawa, Tokyo, Japan Yokogawa Medical Systems
assigned
to
The present invention which relates to a method of collecting data which enables exact opposing view data to be obtained as the real data with respect to data on any channel in an X-ray tomograph which uses fan beam X-rays is characterized in that the timing for collecting the output data of each detection channel is so selected that the relationship in which a pair of items of data based on a pair of X-ray beams which pass a substantially common route formed in a target in the opposite directions to each other are detected by a pair of channels which are situated at substantially symmetrical positions with respect to the center of an X-ray detector may be established with respect to all channels.
4852134 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIOGRAPHY OF THE DENTAL, JAW, AND SKULL REGIONS Ilmari Kinanen, Heikki Kanerva, Erkki Tammisalo, Espoo, Finland assigned to OrionYhtyma Oy
A method and an apparatus for the radiographic recording of a patient’s dent&on, jaws, and skull regions invalues seating a patient in a patient chair (9) so as localize the patient in the coordinate system of the radiographic apparatus in an unequivocal position before taking the exposure for a radiograph (87). Furthermore, in accordance with the invention, the radiograph (87) is used for measuring the coordinates of a desired object (95) by a coordinate locator (88) after which the desired partial area (94 or 96) is selected on the basis of the coordinates, and the exposure direction is changed in relation to the first exposure in the horizontal plane and/or the vertical plane before executing the exposure program for the desired partial area (94 or 96). The apparatus in accordance with the invention comprises a coordinate locator (88) which provides for locating a desired detail (95) in the panoramic radiograph in relation to the coordinate system of the radiographic apparatus, and controllers (61, 65, 67) which steer the actuators of the radiographic apparatus in a manner which implements the recording of the desired detail. By the method, a desired detail of a radiograph can be recorded in several different projections for closer examinations.
4853540 APPARATUS FOR RECORDING RADIATION IMAGE OF AN OBJECT ON A STIMULABLE PHOSPHOR SHEET TO FACILITATE LATER RECONSTRUCTION OF AN ARBITRARY TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF THE OBJECT
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Nobuyoshi Nakajima, Kaisei, Japan assigned to Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd A radiation image recording apparatus comprises a radiation source for emitting a radiation to an object, a device for moving the radiation source to change the irradiation angle, a sheet changer for feeding a stimulable phosphor sheet to an image recording position exposed to the radiation passing through the object to have a radiation image of the object stored on the stimulable phosphor sheet and then receiving a drive signal to remove the stimulable phosphor sheet from the image recording position and feed a next stimulable phosphor sheet thereto, and a device for moving the sheet changer so that the stimulable phosphor sheet at the image recording position and the radiation source satisfy the linear rule and the geometric rule with