Patents Assigned to GE Healthcare Israel
  • Method and apparatus of detecting ionizing radiation
    Patent number: 8067744
    Abstract: A method of detecting ionizing radiation is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: GE Healthcare Israel
    Inventors: Ira Blevis, Yaron Hefetz
  • Apparatus for supporting a patient in a prone position during diagnostic imaging
    Patent number: 7676869
    Abstract: A patient positioning apparatus to support a patient in a prone position on a patient table during a diagnostic imaging scan comprises a head support and an arm support. The head support is configured to extend beyond an end of a patient table and to support a patient's head relative to a table top of the patient table while the patient lies on the patient table in a prone position. The arm support is joined to the head support and is configured to extend below the patient table to support a patient's forearms below the patient table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: GE Healthcare Israel
    Inventors: Deborah Ruth Zelnik, Yaron Hefetz
  • Method and apparatus for imaging with imaging detectors having small fields of view
    Patent number: 7592597
    Abstract: An apparatus for imaging a structure of interest comprises a plurality of imaging detectors mounted on a gantry. Each of the plurality of imaging detectors has a field of view (FOV), is independently movable with respect to each other, and is positioned to image a structure of interest within a patient. A data acquisition system receives image data detected within the FOV of each of the plurality of imaging detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: GE Healthcare Israel
    Inventors: Yaron Hefetz, Ira Blevis
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DETECTING IONIZING RADIATION
    Publication number: 20090224167
    Abstract: A method of detecting ionizing radiation is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: GE Healthcare Israel
    Inventors: Ira Blevis, Yaron Hefetz