Systems and methods for scanning and data acquisition in computed tomography (CT) applications
    1.
    发明授权
    Systems and methods for scanning and data acquisition in computed tomography (CT) applications 有权
    计算机断层扫描(CT)应用中扫描和数据采集的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07782999B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-08-24

    申请号:US12096443

    申请日:2006-09-16

    IPC分类号: H05G1/60 H01J35/30

    摘要: Systems and methods for data acquisition in computed tomography (CT) applications are provided. The systems and methods are particularly adapted for scanning and acquiring/processing data in connection with high-power cone-beam CT applications. The electron beam is moved/scanned along the anode surface to multiple focal positions. Data acquisition for a full projection at one focus position and one view angle is achieved by activating each focus position multiple times during the data acquisition for one angle of the gantry. The detector array and associated data processing system are adapted to rapidly switch between the different focus positions during the acquisitions for one view angle and to collect all data belonging to the same projection into the same data set. Adaptive electron optics are utilized to move/scan the electron beam along the anode surface to the various focus positions. Alternatively, a plurality of cathodes may be provided for respective focus positions and the system may support fast switching therebetween to achieve desirably short spot times. The disclosed CT system permits greater power densities without risk of heat damage to the anode and effectively increases the track velocity of the electron beam on the anode surface. The CT system and associated data acquisition methods have particular utility in CT applications requiring increased time resolution and/or spatial resolution, e.g., cardiac CT applications.

    摘要翻译: 提供了计算机断层摄影(CT)应用中数据采集的系统和方法。 该系统和方法特别适用于扫描和获取/处理与大功率锥束CT应用有关的数据。 电子束沿着阳极表面移动/扫描到多个焦点位置。 通过在台架的一个角度的数据采集过程中激活每个聚焦位置多次来实现在一个聚焦位置和一个视角下的全投影的数据采集。 检测器阵列和相关联的数据处理系统适于在一次视角的采集期间在不同聚焦位置之间快速切换,并且将属于相同投影的所有数据收集到同一数据集中。 使用自适应电子光学器件将电子束沿着阳极表面移动/扫描到各种焦点位置。 或者,可以为各个焦点位置设置多个阴极,并且系统可以支持它们之间的快速切换,以实现期望的短光斑时间。 所公开的CT系统允许更大的功率密度,而不会对阳极造成热损害的风险,并且有效地增加阳极表面上的电子束的轨道速度。 CT系统和相关数据采集方法在需要增加时间分辨率和/或空间分辨率(例如心脏CT应用)的CT应用中具有特别的用途。

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCANNING AND DATA ACQUISITION IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) APPLICATIONS
    2.
    发明申请
    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCANNING AND DATA ACQUISITION IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) APPLICATIONS 有权
    计算机断层扫描(CT)应用中扫描和数据采集的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20090161819A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-06-25

    申请号:US12096443

    申请日:2006-09-16

    IPC分类号: H05G1/60 H01J35/30

    摘要: Systems and methods for data acquisition in computed tomography (CT) applications are provided. The systems and methods are particularly adapted for scanning and acquiring/processing data in connection with high-power cone-beam CT applications. The electron beam is moved/scanned along the anode surface to multiple focal positions. Data acquisition for a full projection at one focus position and one view angle is achieved by activating each focus position multiple times during the data acquisition for one angle of the gantry. The detector array and associated data processing system are adapted to rapidly switch between the different focus positions during the acquisitions for one view angle and to collect all data belonging to the same projection into the same data set. Adaptive electron optics are utilized to move/scan the electron beam along the anode surface to the various focus positions. Alternatively, a plurality of cathodes may be provided for respective focus positions and the system may support fast switching therebetween to achieve desirably short spot times. The disclosed CT system permits greater power densities without risk of heat damage to the anode and effectively increases the track velocity of the electron beam on the anode surface. The CT system and associated data acquisition methods have particular utility in CT applications requiring increased time resolution and/or spatial resolution, e.g., cardiac CT applications.

    摘要翻译: 提供了计算机断层摄影(CT)应用中数据采集的系统和方法。 该系统和方法特别适用于扫描和获取/处理与大功率锥束CT应用有关的数据。 电子束沿着阳极表面移动/扫描到多个焦点位置。 通过在台架的一个角度的数据采集过程中激活每个聚焦位置多次来实现在一个聚焦位置和一个视角下的全投影的数据采集。 检测器阵列和相关联的数据处理系统适于在一次视角的采集期间在不同聚焦位置之间快速切换,并且将属于相同投影的所有数据收集到同一数据集中。 使用自适应电子光学器件将电子束沿着阳极表面移动/扫描到各种焦点位置。 或者,可以为各个焦点位置设置多个阴极,并且系统可以支持它们之间的快速切换,以实现期望的短光斑时间。 所公开的CT系统允许更大的功率密度,而不会对阳极造成热损害的风险,并且有效地增加阳极表面上的电子束的轨道速度。 CT系统和相关数据采集方法在需要增加时间分辨率和/或空间分辨率(例如心脏CT应用)的CT应用中具有特别的用途。

    X-Ray Examination Apparatus and Radiation Detector
    4.
    发明申请
    X-Ray Examination Apparatus and Radiation Detector 失效
    X射线检查仪和放射检测仪

    公开(公告)号:US20070272871A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-11-29

    申请号:US11568271

    申请日:2005-04-25

    IPC分类号: G01T1/24

    CPC分类号: H04N5/32

    摘要: The invention relates to an X-ray detector (1) with an array (2) of sensor elements (21), wherein each row (i) of sensor elements is connected via an addressing line to an addressing unit (5), and wherein each column j) of sensor elements is connected via a read-out line to a read-out unit (3). In the read-out unit (3), sensor signals are preprocessed, for example amplified by amplifiers (31). The detector further comprises a control unit (6) which is adapted to set the gains of said amplifiers (31) for each column (j) and each row (i) individually. The values of the gains may particularly be derived from a priori knowledge, from previous images of the object, or from the image signals of rows that have already been read out.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及具有传感器元件(21)阵列(2)的X射线检测器(1),其中传感器元件的每一行(i)经由寻址线连接到寻址单元(5),并且其中 传感器元件的每个列j)经由读出线连接到读出单元(3)。 在读出单元(3)中,传感器信号被预处理,例如由放大器(31)放大。 检测器还包括控制单元(6),该控制单元适于为每个列(j)和每一行(i)分别设置所述放大器(31)的增益。 增益的值可以特别地从先验知识,从对象的先前图像,或者已经被读出的行的图像信号导出。

    Method of training an automatic speech recognizer
    6.
    发明授权
    Method of training an automatic speech recognizer 有权
    训练自动语音识别器的方法

    公开(公告)号:US06714910B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-03-30

    申请号:US09603923

    申请日:2000-06-26

    IPC分类号: G10L1514

    CPC分类号: G10L15/063 G10L2015/0638

    摘要: Provided is a method of training an automatic speech recognizer, said speech recognizer using acoustic models and/or speech models, wherein speech data is collected during a training phase and used to improve the acoustic models, said method comprising: during the training phase, providing speech utterances that are predefined to a user by means of a game, wherein the game has predefined rules to enable a user to provide certain utterances; and providing the utterances by the user for training the speech recognizer.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种训练自动语音识别器的方法,所述语音识别器使用声学模型和/或语音模型,其中在训练阶段收集语音数据并用于改善声学模型,所述方法包括:在训练阶段期间,提供 通过游戏预定义给用户的语音话语,其中所述游戏具有使用户能够提供某些话语的预定义规则; 并且提供用户的话语来训练语音识别器。

    Automatic dialog system with database language model
    7.
    发明授权
    Automatic dialog system with database language model 有权
    具有数据库语言模型的自动对话系统

    公开(公告)号:US07424428B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-09

    申请号:US10220670

    申请日:2002-01-08

    IPC分类号: G10L15/18 G06F17/27

    CPC分类号: G10L15/26 G10L15/19

    摘要: An automatic dialog system for spoken inquiries into a database entry which contains several components available for inquiry, wherein speech recognition of a spoken utterance for inquiring into the database entry is supported by a language model which was prepared before a start of the dialog to which the spoken utterance belongs and which models a relative frequency of correlated occurrence of the components of the database entry provided for the inquiry in the spoken utterance of the dialog.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于对数据库条目进行口头查询的自动对话系统,该数据库条目包含可用于查询的几个组件,其中用于查询数据库条目的口语话语的语音识别由在开始对话之前准备的语言模型支持, 讲话话语属于哪个模型,并且在对话的口语发音中为查询提供的数据库条目的组件的相关发生的相对频率建模。

    Apparatus and Method for the Processing of Sectional Images
    8.
    发明申请
    Apparatus and Method for the Processing of Sectional Images 审中-公开
    用于处理截面图像的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20080144904A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-06-19

    申请号:US10597713

    申请日:2005-02-01

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00

    摘要: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the processing of reconstructed 3D images (I) in C-arm based volume imaging which often exhibit spatially slowly varying inhomogeneities caused by inconsistent projection data. To correct the images (I), a retrospective homogenization procedure is proposed. The image (I) is segmented (11, 12) into principal classes like bone, tissue and air based on their gray values. Only the tissue-regions (M) are then used as support in order to fit (14) a spatially slowly varying 2D baseline (B) representing the smooth shape of cupping or other inhomogeneities. Finally the inverse of the estimated 2D baseline is subtracted from the original slice (I) to correct for the inhomogeneities.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种用于处理基于C臂的体积成像中的重建3D图像(I)的装置和方法,其经常表现出由不一致的投影数据引起的空间上缓慢变化的不均匀性。 为了校正图像(I),提出了回顾性均匀化程序。 图像(I)根据其灰度值被分段(11,12)成主要类,如骨,组织和空气。 然后仅使用组织区域(M)作为支撑体,以便适应(14)代表拔罐或其他不均匀性的平滑形状的空间上缓慢变化的2D基线(B)。 最后,从原始切片(I)中减去估计的2D基线的逆,以校正不均匀性。

    Automatic recognition of company names in speech utterances
    9.
    发明授权
    Automatic recognition of company names in speech utterances 有权
    自动识别公司名称在演讲话语中

    公开(公告)号:US07103546B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-09-05

    申请号:US09923610

    申请日:2001-08-07

    申请人: Georg Rose

    发明人: Georg Rose

    IPC分类号: G10L15/08 G10L15/22 G06F17/20

    摘要: A method of automatic recognition of company names in speech utterances includes generating at least one word sequence hypothesis by a speech recognizer from a speech utterance consisting of one or more words, comparing the word sequence hypothesis with the entries representing company names stored in a database, and selecting, in dependence on the result of the comparison, one company name as a recognition result.

    摘要翻译: 在语音语音中自动识别公司名称的方法包括由语音识别器从包括一个或多个单词的语音语音中产生至少一个单词序列假设,将单词序列假设与表示存储在数据库中的公司名称的条目进行比较, 并根据比较结果选择一个公司名称作为识别结果。

    Image quality in computed tomography using redundant information in production data sets

    公开(公告)号:US10039512B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-07

    申请号:US15275773

    申请日:2016-09-26

    IPC分类号: A61B6/00 G01N23/046 A61B6/03

    摘要: A method is provided for detecting a movement of a body between acquisition times of at least two acquisition data sets, wherein, for virtual sectional planes of the body, a first intermediate function value of attenuation values of all the body elements lying in the sectional plane is determined based on a first acquisition data set, and a second intermediate function value of the attenuation values is determined based on a second acquisition data set. For each sectional plane, a difference value is determined from the intermediate function values. A total error value for the two acquisition data sets is calculated by combining the difference values of all the sectional planes. The virtual sectional planes have a common line of intersection, and for the particular acquisition time, the difference between pairs of the sectional lines is at least one pixel.