Abstract: Embodiments include a x-ray imaging system, apparatus, and method for use thereof. The apparatus comprises a first vertical column attached to a floor surface and configured to support an x-ray source; a second vertical column attached to the floor surface at a first distance opposite the first column and configured to support an x-ray imaging detector; and a positioning system configured to control vertical and angular movement of the x-ray source relative to the first column, wherein prior to image acquisition, the positioning system is configured to move the x-ray source to an initial height determined based on the detector height, and during image acquisition, the positioning system is configured to move the x-ray source to a plurality of positions along a trajectory defined by an upper angular position, a home position, and a lower angular position.

Abstract: An x-ray imaging system is provided, the system comprising an x-ray source configured to emit an x-ray beam towards an x-ray imaging detector. The x-ray imaging detector is configured to obtain an x-ray image of an object placed adjacent to the x-ray imaging detector and at least partially within a path of the x-ray beam. The system further includes a pre-exposure device positioned between said object and the x-ray source. The pre-exposure device comprises a blocking component having an arrangement of openings across an extent of the component. The pre-exposure device has an active state wherein said blocking component is configured to reside within the path of the x-ray beam, and an inactive state wherein said blocking component is configured to not reside in the path of the x-ray beam.

Abstract: The invention relates to a simulation and planning system for intraoperative radiation therapy and to a method allowing said system to be used for treatment studies, simulation, planning, training and recording, which system generally comprises a central processing unit or computer (1) for management and control and software-based communication with the rest of the devices and the user; one or several monitors or screens (2) for displaying images and peripherals responsible for gathering data relating to the actions performed by said user, a deformation simulation module for the virtual simulation of the deformation produced in the organs and tissues during the process; algorithms for instantly calculating the radiation dose applied during the radiation therapy treatment simulation and means for recording all the activities carried out and generating a full dosimetry report.

Abstract: This invention describes a method, the starting point of which is a three-dimensional image of the heart. A region of interest is defined on said image. Moreover, the surface which will be represented in the display in the form of a three-dimensional polygon mesh is defined. Each vertex of the mesh is associated with a function which assigns weights to each element in the region of interest. Display parameters are assigned to the vertices using said functions together with the intensity values of the elements in the region of interest. Said parameters are used to generate the interactive display of the surface. One application of the method would be the use thereof to help to characterize the myocardial substrate of ventricular tachycardia in patients with ischemic heart disease and to guide ablation procedures for correcting said tachycardia.

Abstract: An incubator for imaging with non-ionising radiation adapted for the care of newborn babies, which integrates a system projective or tomographic imaging system, or both simultaneously, which makes use of non-ionising radiation in the band of the electromagnetic spectrum included between ultraviolet light and far infrared, a system which can be used to view a subject (11) located in the incubator (19) such that this projective or tomographic image can be morphological or functional.

Abstract: An incubator for imaging with non-ionising radiation adapted for the care of newborn babies, which integrates a system projective or tomographic imaging system, or both simultaneously, which makes use of non-ionising radiation in the band of the electromagnetic spectrum included between ultraviolet light and far infrared, a system which can be used to view a subject (11) located in the incubator (19) such that this projective or tomographic image can be morphological or functional.

Abstract: The invention relates to a simulation and planning system for intraoperative radiation therapy and to a method allowing said system to be used for treatment studies, simulation, planning, training and recording, which system generally comprises a central processing unit or computer (1) for management and control and software-based communication with the rest of the devices and the user; one or several monitors or screens (2) for displaying images and peripherals responsible for gathering data relating to the actions performed by said user, a deformation simulation module for the virtual simulation of the deformation produced in the organs and tissues during the process; algorithms for instantly calculating the radiation dose applied during the radiation therapy treatment simulation and means for recording all the activities carried out and generating a full dosimetry report.