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20090046829 | PRODUCTION OF X-RAY IMAGES CONTAINING A REDUCED PROPORTION OF SCATTERED RADIATION - The invention relates to a method, to an X-ray apparatus for performing the method and to a detector arrangement intended for the latter, for producing X-ray images containing a reduced proportion of scattered radiation. The X-ray radiation is detected in this case by a detector arrangement comprising two X-ray detectors, there being provided in the first X-ray detector openings through which the second X-ray detector is able to detect scattered radiation and primary radiation by separate detector elements. The signals given by the second X-ray detector are used to determine the proportion of scattered radiation that is contained in the image produced by the first X-ray detector and to largely free the first image of the proportion of scattered radiation. | 02-19-2009 |
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20110299747 | FUNCTIONAL IMAGING - A method includes obtaining an image of a region of interest of a subject, wherein the image is generated with image data produced by an imaging system used to scan the subject, obtaining a signal indicative of a physiological state of the subject before the scan, and displaying both the image and data indicative of the physiological state. In another aspect, a method includes correcting, via a processor, a tracer uptake value for a target region of interest based on a tracer uptake correction factor. | 12-08-2011 |
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20140142911 | MULTI-TREATMENT PLANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A treatment planning apparatus includes a treatment modeler. The treatment modeler uses models of a plurality of treatment modalities in a treatment space to generate a treatment protocol that includes one or more the modalities in the treatment space. In one implementation, a treatment modality includes the removal of targeted treatment agents from an object. | 05-22-2014 |