Abstract: A mammography apparatus includes an imaging table on which a breast of a subject is placed, a compression plate that compresses the breast, the compression plate being disposed to face the imaging table and being movable in a vertical direction with respect to the imaging table, and an operation portion that is operated to move the compression plate, the operation portion being provided separately from the compression plate and being displaced along a movement direction of the compression plate.

Abstract: A near field communication system according to an embodiment includes: a long coupler provided for a first device; a short coupler provided for a second device and configured to perform wireless communication based on electromagnetic field coupling, with the long coupler; and signal processing circuitry configured to vary gain for each of various frequencies of a signal transmitted and received between the long coupler and the short coupler, in accordance with the position of the short coupler with respect to the long coupler.

Abstract: A system, method, and assembly for controlling a power supply for at least one ultraviolet lamp where at least one ultraviolet lamp uses input received from at least one sensor of at least one ultraviolet lamp to measure a characteristic of the at least one ultraviolet lamp and, if based on that at least one sensor, the at least one ultraviolet lamp determines that at least one characteristic of a power supply operatively coupled to the at least one ultraviolet lamp should be changed, generates a command for that power supply to modify that at least one characteristic either by modulating its output or adjusting an output level.

Abstract: X-ray target element is comprised of a planar wafer. The planar wafer element includes a target layer and a substrate layer. The target layer is comprised of an element having a relatively high atomic number and the substrate layer is comprised of diamond. The substrate layer is configured to support the target layer and facilitate transfer of thermal energy away from the target layer.

Abstract: A method of analysing crystals is described. The method comprises focusing a laser into a crystal to induce the creation, modification, dissociation, or diffusion of one or more defects within a focal region of the laser. A signal dependent on the creation, modification, dissociation or diffusion of the one or more defects within the focal region of the laser is measured during or after the aforementioned process and used to determine one or more characteristics of the crystal being analysed. In one configuration, one or more fluorescent defects are created, modified, or dissociated and the fluorescent signal is analysed to determine the type of crystal being analysed.

Abstract: The invention discloses an X-ray zoom lens system (Transfocator) and a focus variation method. The system includes a main frame, many switched arms arranged on one side of the main frame, and a driving component set at the top of the main frame, and a positioning groove set at the bottom of the main frame; For them, each switched arm is composed of successively connected a push rod, a push-push ratchet mechanism, a preload spring and a guide stick, two-dimensional flexible axis, and a CRLs holder from top to bottom; CRLs are stacked and arranged in the mentioned above CRLs holder.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an automatic organ program selection method, a storage medium, and an X-ray medical device. According to an implementation, an automatic organ program selection method for X-ray imaging comprises: acquiring an image of a person to be detected; performing organ detection based on the image of the person to be detected, so as to determine an organ to be detected; providing organ programs to be selected that correspond to the organ to be detected; and determining an organ program for the organ to be detected so as to perform X-ray imaging. The present disclosure can greatly reduce the time for setting a system, and reduce the impact of patient movement on determination of an organ program, thereby improving examination efficiency.

Abstract: Typically modulation systems are incapable of performing synchronous modulation for high-energy radiation systems. A method and system for performing high-energy synchronous radiation modulating is described. The method includes providing an oscillatory diffractive element, with the oscillatory diffractive element capable of being oscillated over a range of angles. A radiation source provides radiation to the oscillatory diffractive element. An electrical signal is provided to electrodes that oscillate the oscillatory diffractive element to modulate the radiation. A temperature controller controls the temperature of the oscillatory diffractive element to tune the oscillatory motion of the oscillatory diffractive element.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a radiation therapy method can include loading a planning image of a target in a human. In addition, the position of the target can be monitored. A computation can be made of an occurrence of substantial alignment between the position of the target and the target of the planning image. Furthermore, after the computing, a beam of radiation is triggered to deliver a dosage to the target in a short period of time (e.g., less than a second).

Abstract: The invention relates, in particular, to structures of a dental and medical cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) apparatus. The basic construction of the apparatus includes two elongated frame parts (11, 21) out of which the first frame part (11) is arranged to support X-ray imaging means (14, 15) and wherein the frame parts (11, 21) are mechanically connected to each other via an articulated construction (22) so as to allow for tilting of the first frame part (11) supporting the X-ray imaging means (14, 15) with respect to the second frame part (21). At the proximity of the second end of the first and second elongated frame parts (11, 21) is arranged a locking mechanism (24) configured to enable connecting together and disconnecting the first and second elongated frame parts (11, 21).

Abstract: The electron capture detector (100) is a device for detecting a sample (?1). The electron capture detector (100) includes a detection cell (1), a sample inlet (2), and an electron emitting element (20). The detection cell (1) forms a reaction chamber (6). The sample inlet (2) introduces a first carrier gas containing the sample (?1) into the reaction chamber (6). The electron emitting element (20) emits electrons (?) into the reaction chamber (6). An ion (?2) derived from the sample component is generated as a result of the electron emitting element (20) emitting electrons (?) into the reaction chamber (6).

Abstract: Provided is a method of positioning a patient for radiation treatment and/or of monitoring a position of the patient during radiation treatment. The method includes providing surface data from a 3D surface scanner indicative of a surface of a body part of the patient to be irradiated in the radiation treatment. Surface data are calibrated with respect to a relative position of the 3D surface scanner and an isocenter position of a radiation treatment apparatus. A beam path of a radiation beam is determined based on planning data for the radiation treatment and intersected with a part of the surface of the patient represented by the surface data. Further, at least a first portion of the patient's surface located inside the beam path and/or at least a second portion of the patient's surface located outside the beam path is calculated.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a paper sheet processing apparatus includes a conveyance mechanism which conveys a paper sheet with fluorescent ink print information along a conveyance path, a fluorescence reference member including a fluorescent material and arranged to oppose to the conveyance path, a light source device which irradiates the fluorescence reference member with excitation light, and an imaging device which images the fluorescence emission of the fluorescence reference member and acquires an image including a contour of the paper sheet passing over the fluorescence reference member and an image of the fluorescent ink print information of the paper sheet.

Abstract: A control device including: at least one processor that is configured to detect whether or not compression of a breast by a compression member in a mammography apparatus is completed and perform control to direct an image projection unit, which projects a projection image onto a projection surface of the compression member, to stop the projection of the projection image onto the projection surface in a case in which it is detected that the compression is completed.

Abstract: A control device including: at least one processor, wherein the processor is configured control an image projection unit which projects a projection image onto a projection surface of a compression member and an irradiation field projection unit which projects a range of an irradiation field of radiation using visible light in a mammography apparatus which irradiates a breast compressed by the compression member with the radiation to capture a radiographic image such that projection of the projection image and projection of the range of the irradiation field are switched.

Abstract: An x-ray imaging apparatus 10 comprising a support structure 100, the support structure supporting two separate x-ray emitting apparatus, a first x-ray emitting apparatus 130 comprising an x-ray emitter arranged for producing 2D tomosynthesis images, and a second x-ray emitting apparatus 140 comprising an array of distributed x-ray emitters arranged for producing 3D tomosynthesis images, the first and second x-ray emitting apparatus moveable relative to the support structure and arranged such that, in use, one of the first and second x-ray emitting apparatus is moveable into an operative position whereby x-rays are emitted therefrom towards a target 200, and simultaneously the other of the first and second x-ray emitting apparatus is movable into an inoperative position whereby x-rays are not emitted therefrom.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method comprising: generating multiple radiation beams respectively from multiple locations toward an object and an image sensor, wherein the image sensor comprises an array of multiple active areas, and gaps among the multiple active areas, and capturing multiple partial images of the object with the image sensor using respectively radiations of the multiple radiation beams that have passed through and interacted with the object, wherein each point of the object is captured in at least one partial image of the multiple partial images.

Abstract: A device (10) for controlling an image acquisition of a multi-slice computed tomography system (1), MSCT, is disclosed. The device comprises an input (11) for receiving projection image data from the MSCT (1), an output (12) for controlling operation of the MSCT (1) and a processor (13). The processor (13) is adapted for controlling the MSCT to acquire a large volume localizer radiograph, and for defining an organ region in the localizer radiograph that delimits an organ of interest. The processor is adapted for acquiring a large volume helical CT scan of the subject, in which an X-ray cone angle is increased when the organ region in the subject is translated into the examination volume and decreased when the organ region is translated out of the examination volume.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for performing X-ray scans with a single line of sight using a lens array for capturing the light field of the X-rays are described. In one example aspect, an X-ray optical system includes a primary optics subsection positioned to receive incoming X-rays after traversal through an object and to redirect the received incoming X-rays onto an intermediate image plane. The system also includes a microlens array positioned at or close to the intermediate image plane to receive at least some of the received incoming X-rays after redirection by the primary optics subsection to diffract the X-rays that are incident thereupon.

Abstract: An X-ray source (100) comprise a microparticle source (200) configured to generate a particle stream (20) of spatially separated and moving, solid and/or liquid microparticles. The X-ray source (100) also comprises an electron source (300) configured to generate an electron beam (30) of electrons incident onto the particle stream (20) at an interaction region (1) to excite solid and/or liquid microparticles in the interaction region (1) to generate X-rays (10).