Abstract: A method for gating in tomographic imaging system includes steps of: (a) performing a tomographic imaging on an object with a target moving periodically along a first axis for acquiring projection images; (b) obtaining projected curves by summing up pixel values along a direction of a second axis perpendicular to the first axis in each projection image; (c) determining a target zone on the projection images, wherein a central position on the first axis of the target zone is corresponding to a position having the largest variation in the projected curves on the first axis; (d) calculating parameter values of pixel values in the target zones and obtaining a curve of a moving cycle of the target according to the parameter values; and (e) selecting the projection images under the same state in the moving cycle for image reconstruction according to the curve of the moving cycle of the target.

Abstract: A method for gating in tomographic imaging system includes steps of: (a) performing a tomographic imaging on an object for acquiring a plurality of projection images at different projection angles, wherein a target of the object moves periodically; (b) obtaining a projected position of the target on each of the projection images, wherein the projected position is a center of a target zone on each of the projection images; (c) calculating a parameter value of pixel values in the target zone on each of the projection images, and obtaining a curve of a moving cycle of the target according to the parameter values of the projection images; and (d) selecting the projection images under the same state in the moving cycle for image reconstruction according to the curve of the moving cycle of the target.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to an X-ray security device having a main body, a conveyor, and a lead curtain. The main body has an opening. The conveyor passes through the opening and is disposed on a bottom of the opening. The lead curtain is hung on the main body and covers the opening, the lead curtain has a pair of outer modules and a central module, the pair of outer modules are arranged corresponding to two sides of a transport direction of the conveyor, and the central module is disposed between the outer modules. A lead equivalent thickness of each outer module is larger than a lead equivalent thickness of the central module, and a weight of the central module is less than a weight of each outer module.

Abstract: A method for gating in tomographic imaging system includes steps of: (a) performing a tomographic imaging on an object with a target moving periodically along a first axis for acquiring projection images; (b) obtaining projected curves by summing up pixel values along a direction of a second axis perpendicular to the first axis in each projection image; (c) determining a target zone on the projection images, wherein a central position on the first axis of the target zone is corresponding to a position having the largest variation in the projected curves on the first axis; (d) calculating parameter values of pixel values in the target zones and obtaining a curve of a moving cycle of the target according to the parameter values; and (e) selecting the projection images under the same state in the moving cycle for image reconstruction according to the curve of the moving cycle of the target.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to an X-ray security device having a main body, a conveyor, and a lead curtain. The main body has an opening. The conveyor passes through the opening and is disposed on a bottom of the opening. The lead curtain is hung on the main body and covers the opening, the lead curtain has a pair of outer modules and a central module, the pair of outer modules are arranged corresponding to two sides of a transport direction of the conveyor, and the central module is disposed between the outer modules. A lead equivalent thickness of each outer module is larger than a lead equivalent thickness of the central module, and a weight of the central module is less than a weight of each outer module.

Abstract: A method for gating in tomographic imaging system includes steps of: (a) performing a tomographic imaging on an object with a target moving periodically along a first axis for acquiring projection images; (b) obtaining projected curves by summing up pixel values along a direction of a second axis perpendicular to the first axis in each projection image; (c) determining a target zone on the projection images, wherein a central position on the first axis of the target zone is corresponding to a position having the largest variation in the projected curves on the first axis; (d) calculating parameter values of pixel values in the target zones and obtaining a curve of a moving cycle of the target according to the parameter values; and (e) selecting the projection images under the same state in the moving cycle for image reconstruction according to the curve of the moving cycle of the target.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging method includes the following steps: (a) performing a first object imaging and obtaining a first object intensity signal by detecting an X-ray passing through a first object; (b) performing baseline imaging process, obtaining a baseline intensity signal by detecting the X-ray when the first object is not in a FOV; and; (c) obtaining the first thickness of the first object by performing operations on the first object intensity signal, the baseline intensity signal, and the first attenuation coefficient of the first object.

Abstract: A method for gating in tomographic imaging system includes steps of: (a) performing a tomographic imaging on an object for acquiring a plurality of projection images at different projection angles, wherein a target of the object moves periodically; (b) obtaining a projected position of the target on each of the projection images, wherein the projected position is a center of a target zone on each of the projection images; (c) calculating a parameter value of pixel values in the target zone on each of the projection images, and obtaining a curve of a moving cycle of the target according to the parameter values of the projection images; and (d) selecting the projection images under the same state in the moving cycle for image reconstruction according to the curve of the moving cycle of the target.

Abstract: A method for gating in tomographic imaging system includes steps of: (a) performing a tomographic imaging on an object with a target moving periodically along a first axis for acquiring projection images; (b) obtaining projected curves by summing up pixel values along a direction of a second axis perpendicular to the first axis in each projection image; (c) determining a target zone on the projection images, wherein a central position on the first axis of the target zone is corresponding to a position having the largest variation in the projected curves on the first axis; (d) calculating parameter values of pixel values in the target zones and obtaining a curve of a moving cycle of the target according to the parameter values; and (e) selecting the projection images under the same state in the moving cycle for image reconstruction according to the curve of the moving cycle of the target.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging method includes the following steps: (a) performing a first object imaging and obtaining a first object intensity signal by detecting an X-ray passing through a first object; (b) performing baseline imaging process, obtaining a baseline intensity signal by detecting the X-ray when the first object is not in a FOV; and; (c) obtaining the first thickness of the first object by performing operations on the first object intensity signal, the baseline intensity signal, and the first attenuation coefficient of the first object.

Abstract: An imaging method for computed tomographic system (1) includes following steps of: controlling a computed tomographic system (1) to receive a description operation for configuring description data; selecting one of a plurality of imaging parameter sets corresponding to different template data, wherein each imaging parameter set is used to maximize a contrast-to-noise ratio of the three-dimensional imaging data (34) matching with the corresponding template data; and, controlling the computed tomographic system (1) to execute a three-dimensional imaging operation according to the selected imaging parameter set for obtaining the three-dimensional imaging data (34). The present disclosed example has the ability of effectively reducing a technical threshold of operating the computed tomographic system (1) via automatically selecting the suitable one of the complex imaging parameter sets according to the comprehensible description operation.

Abstract: An imaging method for computed tomographic system (1) includes following steps of: controlling a computed tomographic system (1) to receive a description operation for configuring description data; selecting one of a plurality of imaging parameter sets corresponding to different template data, wherein each imaging parameter set is used to maximize a contrast-to-noise ratio of the three-dimensional imaging data (34) matching with the corresponding template data; and, controlling the computed tomographic system (1) to execute a three-dimensional imaging operation according to the selected imaging parameter set for obtaining the three-dimensional imaging data (34). The present disclosed example has the ability of effectively reducing a technical threshold of operating the computed tomographic system (1) via automatically selecting the suitable one of the complex imaging parameter sets according to the comprehensible description operation.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for quantitative analysis of nuclear medicine brain imaging. The method comprises retrieving a target image, wherein the target image is a brain image as a nuclear medicine image produced from a radiopharmaceutical, then matching the position of a space axis and the size of a voxel of the target image to a standard template by an affine transformation, wherein the standard template comprises a relative position of striatum. The method further comprises selecting the striatum from the target image according to the relative position of the striatum in the standard template and calculating an average value of the striatum, dividing the striatum from the target image and calculating a background value based on a remainder pixel value of the target image, and a specific uptake ratio is calculated based on the average value of the striatum and the background value.

Abstract: The present disclosure illustrates a method for PET attenuation correction, and the method includes the steps: computing linear attenuation coefficients and mean CT numbers of water, various iodine contrasts and a plant oil-based phantom, to generate energy-mapping curve data by ANN; providing an object to be detected, and reconstructing CT data to generate a CT image after the object is scanned by CT and PET respectively; introducing the CT numbers of pixels the CT image into the energy-mapping curve to generate an attenuation map; computing the attenuation map to generate an attenuation correction factor; multiplying the PET image by the attenuation correction factor to generate a corrected PET sinogram, and reconstructing the corrected PET sinogram to generate a corrected PET image.