36 results about "Spiral CT Scans" patented technology

Disclosed are a method and a device for security-inspection of liquid articles with dual-energy CT imaging. The method comprises the steps of obtaining one or more CT images including physical attributes of liquid article to be inspected by CT scanning and a dual-energy reconstruction method; acquiring the physical attributes of each liquid article from the CT image; and determining whether there are drugs concealed in the inspected liquid article based on the difference between the acquired physical attributes and reference physical attributes of the inspected liquid article. The CT scanning can be implemented by a normal CT scanning technique, or a spiral CT scanning technique. In the normal CT scanning technique, the scan position can be preset, or set by the operator with a DR image, or set by automatic analysis of the DR image.

An apparatus and method for scanning an object with a helical CT scanner, the method comprising: acquiring an amount of data corresponding to the object that is scanned by the CT scanner, wherein the amount of data is generated by an x-ray source that projects a fan beam of x-rays toward a detector array on an opposite side of a gantry of the CT scanner, the fan beam being generated at multiple x-ray source positions as the x-ray source is rotated about the object as the object passes through an opening in the gantry disposed about a conveyor for moving the object through the opening; monitoring a position of the conveyor as the object passes through the opening in the gantry; determining if the conveyor has been stationary for more than one rotation of the gantry and discarding redundant data after one rotation, optionally turning off the x-ray tube if the conveyor has been stationary for more than one gantry rotation, and if so preventing the conveyor from moving again until the tube is turned on and is stable, inputting the position of the conveyor at each x-ray source position into a reconstruction algorithm; and presenting an image of the object.

Disclosed are a method and a device for security-inspection of liquid articles with dual-energy CT imaging. The method comprises the steps of obtaining one or more CT images including physical attributes of liquid article to be inspected by CT scanning and a dual-energy reconstruction method; acquiring the physical attributes of each liquid article from the CT image; and determining whether the inspected liquid article is dangerous based on the physical attributes. The CT scanning can be implemented by a normal CT scanning technique, or a spiral CT scanning technique. In the normal CT scanning technique, the scan position can be preset, or set by the operator with a DR image, or set by automatic analysis of the DR image.

The invention discloses a making method for a fracture model of artificial bone, which comprises the following steps: carrying out continuous spiral CT (computed tomography) scanning on affected bone along the cross section to obtain a multi-layer image, storing according to a Dicom 3.0 standard and making out a three-dimensional reconstruction model of the bone and a fractured section by utilizing Mimics software; fractioning the model to be processed by UG (Unigraphics) software and making an appearance mold of the bone and a mark groove for the position of a fracture line of the archetypal bone by numerically-controlled mill processing; and carrying out three-dimensional printing to obtain a fractured section model, also placing at the position of the mark groove of the corresponding bone appearance mold, jointing an upper mold and a lower mold, filling polymethyl methacrylate, standing at room temperature, solidifying and taking out the fractured section model so as to obtain a specimen of the fracture model of the artificial bone. In this way, the prepared fracture model is made in one step, and the complicated processes of obtaining a bone specimen and afterwards making fracture artificially, the consumption of equipment and the worry of enhancing the cost are omitted. The condition of stress between fractured sections is comprehensively and truly reflected by an obtained fracture interface, and the assistance is provided to the treatment of clinical fracture.

A method and system for dose-optimized acquisition of a computed tomography (CT) scan of a target organ is disclosed. A localizer spiral CT scan is started at a beginning of a confidence range before a target organ. Real-time localizer scan images are automatically analyzed to predict a beginning location of the target organ based on the real-time localizer scan images. A diagnostic spiral CT scan is automatically started at the predicted beginning location of the target organ. Real-time diagnostic scan images are automatically analyzed to predict an end location of the target organ where full coverage of the target organ will be reached. The diagnostic spiral CT scan is automatically stopped in response to reaching the predicted end location of the target organ. A 3D profile can be acquired using a 3D camera and used to determine the confidence range before the target organ.