A process for purifying a compound of formula (1) comprising the following steps: a) adding an acid to an aqueous solution of the compound of formula 1 including salts thereof so as to obtain a pH = 3 whereby a slurry is obtained; and b) filtering the slurry and at least one time washing the obtained precipitate w...

A scintillator comprising CsBrxl(1-X) doped with Europium (CsBrxl(1-X):Eu) wherein x< 0.5, obtainable by annealing CsBrxl(1-X):Eu material at a temperature from 50 °C to 280 °C characterised in that the EPR spectrum of the so obtained scintillator measured at room temperature at a frequency of 34 GHz, shows a maximu...

A system for creating a semantic data warehouse comprising a convergence service for executing queries to connected data sources converting data from source to domain semantics and aggregating converted data characterized in that  said convergence service is invoked by an entity graph service that on demand  defines...

Method of determining the spatial response signature of a x ray detector comprising a photostimulable phosphor by generating a flat field image of the detector generating a low pass filtered version of the flat field image and background demodulating the flat field image by pixel wise dividing it by means of corresp...

A method for processing a frame in a sequence of successively acquired frames in dynamic digital radiography wherein the multi scale representation of frames is subjected to temporal filtering by adding at least one correction image to a corresponding detail image (s) in the multi scale representations of a frame of...

The present invention relates to a process for producing 1 , 4 ,7 , 10- tetraazacyclododecane- 1, 4 , 7 , 10- tetraacetic acid (DOTA) including salts and hydrates thereof of general formula (I) from the respective cyclen. Said process further involves the use of cationic- and anionic exchange resins and solvent trea...

The present invention relates to a method for selecting in a radiographic exposure unit a direct radiographic panel as active panel for a forthcoming radiographic exposure comprising the following steps :  activating a gravity sensor installed on the direct radiographic panel;  activating by the activated gravity se...

A process for producing a complex of a lanthanide or similar compound with a macrocyclic ligand wherein the ratio of macrocyclic ligand in free form in relation to the lanthanide or similar compound is equal or more than 0.002% mol/mol comprising the following steps: a) measuring the moisture content in a sample of ...

The invention relates to a method for the determination of the delay time of a radiographic generator and to the setting of a standard value for such delay time. According to the method it is determined by a series of decreasing chosen values for the delay time whether a signal for the confirmation of the start of t...

A statistical analysis is performed on pixel values of at least one region of interest in an image obtained by substantially uniform irradiation of an x- ray detector and deciding upon the presence of source of x -ray beam in homogeneity by comparing the results of the statistical analysis with at least one predeter...

A computer implemented method of performing at least one document consumer query using a processor and a memory coupled to the processor said method comprising the steps of: receiving at least one query for at least one clinical documents in a first query language from at least one document consumer; translating the...

A system and method for managing clinical documents and patient manifests at a datacenter comprising providing a processor and a memory operatively coupled thereto receiving at least one update message at the processor the at least one update message comprising at least one of: at least one new clinical document to ...

Method and apparatus for generating an x ray image of an elongate body in direct radiography by generating a plurality of partial x ray images of said elongated body and by stitching these partial images.

Method of generating a radiation image of an elongate body by taking plural partial X ray images on a digital radiography detector using a multiple shot exposure technique. Partial image dimensions are determined so that the partial image representing that part of the elongate body that is most susceptible of moveme...

A method to extract irradiation field areas in an X ray image represented by a digital signal representation comprising the steps of segmenting the image in multiple regions of pixels which have similar local image characteristics fitting line segments to the boundaries of these regions whereby said line segments co...

The invention relates to a method for detecting the presence of a portable direct radiographic panel in a medical imaging system comprising radiographic exposure stands each stand and each panel being provided with an NFC tag. The method comprises positioning a panel in an exposure stand such that the NFC tags of th...

The present invention concerns a method for the treatment of stimulable phosphors and/or screens for use in diagnosis in particular medical radiography. The method comprises subjecting the stimulable phosphors and/or screens to an epoxide containing gaseous compound promptly following their manufacture. By applying ...

The invention relates to a method for controlling for a planned radiographic exposure the spatial position of a portable digital direct x-ray detector in a medical imaging system comprising multiple radiographic exposure stands. Said method comprises creating a threedimensional spatial model of the medical imaging ...

Method of removing the spatial response signature of a detector from a computed radiography image by adaptively filtering and spatially warping the characteristic response signature of the detector prior to demodulation.

Method of generating radiation images of an elongate body by applying different computer implemented stitching methods to the same set of partial radiation images. A warning is generated in case of substantial deviation between the applied stitching methods.

A method for detecting the main body vessels (e.g. the aorta) in a medical volume by refining the result of a bone removal algorithm.

When standardized messages comprising additional clinical information are received (101; 201) by a system for task management on clinical information the system shall use the metadata of the standardized messages to automatically verify (102; 203) if a report already exists for the medical procedure where the additi...

The invention relates to a system and corresponding method for data processing, in particular sensor data processing, comprising at least two first modules (M 11-M 17) adapted for generating or capturing first data, at least one second module (M2) adapted for retrieving first data from those first modules (M12, M14...

Data regarding at least one event are extracted from a data repository and subjected to a syntactic transformation into a first semantic representation if needed. Extracted and transformed data are converted into a representation with explicit semantics regarding temporal information. If the extracted data comprise ...

241241112233241 123123A radiography flat panel detector and a method of producing the flat panel detector having a layer configuration in the order given a) a scintillator or photoconductive layer b) an imaging array c) a substrate d) an X ray absorbing layer comprising a chemical compound having a metal element...

A radiography flat panel detector and a method of producing the flat panel detector having a layer configuration in the order given a) a scintillator or photoconductive layer (1 ) b) an imaging array (2) c) a first substrate (3) d) an X ray shield comprising a second substrate (4) and an X ray absorbing layer (5...