Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120294981 | PROCESS FOR FORMING TREATED BACKSET AND PRODUCING ETHANOL - A process for obtaining a treated backset for use in ethanol production, the process involving treating waste material from an ethanol fermentation process with microorganisms to remove or decrease microbial cell growth inhibitors present in the waste material; and removing microbial biomass from the treated waste material to form a treated backset. The treated backset can be used in a process for producing ethanol from a fermentable biomass. Recovered microbial biomass can be used in as an animal feed or as a dietary supplement. | 11-22-2012 |
20130027357 | TOUCH LOCATING METHOD AND SYSTEM, DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a touch positioning method and system as well as a display device. Said touch positioning method is applied to an optical touch screen comprising a touch detection area, two imaging devices, a light source and a reflector, the touch detection area and its mirror image touch detection area with regards to the reflector residing within field of view of each imaging device, the method comprising: obtaining location information of touch objects based on image data of an actual touch object and its mirror image touch object with regards to said reflector acquired by said two imaging devices, said touch objects comprise said actual touch object and virtual touch object; obtaining location information of said actual touch object from the location information of said touch objects based on the mirror image relation between said actual touch object and its mirror image touch object as well as the location information of said touch detection area. The present invention may avoid the presence of “ghost images” during the positioning of more than two touch objects and accurately locate where the touch objects reside. | 01-31-2013 |
20130085183 | AROMATIC BUTAN-2-OL COMPOUNDS AND PREPARATION AND USES THEREOF - Aromatic butan-2-ol compounds, preparation methods for making the compounds, and uses of the compounds are provided. Specifically, the compound of Formula I, or an optical isomer, racemate, diastereomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or solvate thereof, is provided, where each of the substituents is defined. In addition, a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound, and the use of the compound in manufacture of a medicament for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a disease or disorder caused by | 04-04-2013 |
20130195341 | METHOD FOR SORTING CT IMAGE SLICES AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING 3D CT IMAGE - A method for sorting CT image slices comprising, if no image slice comprises a target respiratory phase at a couch position, determining a target breathing feature value corresponding to the target respiratory phase based on a respiratory motion curve of a scanned patient, searching from a plurality of image slices at the couch position for one or more image slices comprising a breathing feature value close to the target breathing feature value to serve as candidate image slices, and selecting, based on a breathing feature value difference between the breathing feature value of each of the candidate image slices and the target breathing feature value and/or an image difference between each of the candidate image slices and at least one reference image slice, a single image slice from the candidate image slices for constructing the 3D CT image for the target respiratory phase. | 08-01-2013 |
20140146936 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GATED RADIATION THERAPY - A method and system for a gated radiation therapeutic system is provided. The method comprises performing a 4D-CT scan to obtain CT images, and processing the CT images to extract a characteristic signal, wherein the characteristic signal is associated with respiratory phases within the patient's breathing cycle and has a correlation relation with the external signal of the gated radiation therapy. The method further comprises controlling a radiation beam for the gated radiation therapy based on the correlation relation between the characteristic signal and the external signal. The system comprises a 4D-CT scanner for performing a 4D-CT scan to obtain CT images and a characteristic signal extracting component for processing the CT images to extract a characteristic signal. The system further comprises a radiation control component for controlling a radiation beam for the gated radiation therapy based on the correlation relation between the characteristic signal and the external signal. | 05-29-2014 |
20140147026 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING A LOCALIZER IN A SCOUT IMAGE - A method and system for automatically determining a localizer in a scout image. The method comprises obtaining a 3D model best matched to an object to be scanned and projecting a localizer in the best matched 3D model onto a scout image of the object to be scanned to obtain an optimal localizer. The system comprises an obtaining device for obtaining a 3D model best matched to an object to be scanned and a determining device for projecting a localizer in the best matched 3D model onto a scout image of the object to be scanned to obtain an optimal localizer. | 05-29-2014 |
20140148685 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATING CT SCAN WITH A MARKER - A method for a CT scan of a body part, wherein a marker is positioned on the body part. The method comprises: positioning a marker on the body part; performing a scout scan of the area which contains the body part, to acquire a scout image; detecting the marker in the scout image to acquire position information of the marker; and using the position information to navigate the CT scan. | 05-29-2014 |
20140185740 | AUTOMATIC SCANNING AND POSITIONING APPARATUS FOR A SCOUT IMAGE - An automatic scanning and positioning apparatus for a scout image, comprising: a receiving means, for receiving a scout image of a subject obtained through scout scanning; a checking and determining means, for automatically checking at least one position in the scout image according to a plurality of information contained in the scout image, and automatically determining a scanning scope based on the at least one position; and an executing means, for executing axial scanning to the subject based on the determined scanning scope. | 07-03-2014 |