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All Medical Imaging Systems

Machines that look inside the living body without cutting it open, including X-ray machines, computed tomography scanners, magnetic resonance imaging, medical ultrasound and positron emission tomography. An invention belongs here when its cited article describes it as a medical imaging technique or device. It excludes monitoring instruments that record a signal such as a heartbeat, which sit with the patient monitoring group, and the implants and prostheses that stay inside the body. Each of these systems turns radiation, sound or magnetism into a picture a clinician can read, and most grew out of physics laboratory work before hospitals adopted them.

All Medical Imaging Systems
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Single-photon emission computed tomography (Wikipedia)
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is a nuclear medicine tomographic imaging technique using gamma rays
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High-definition fiber tracking (Wikipedia)
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High definition fiber tracking (HDFT) is a tractography technique where data from MRI scanners is processed through computer algorithms to reveal the detailed wiring of the brain and to pinpoint fiber tracts.
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X-ray machine (Wikipedia)
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An X-ray machine is a device that uses X-rays for a variety of applications including medicine, X-ray fluorescence, electronic assembly inspection, and measurement of material thickness in manufacturing operations.
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Wikipedia)
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to generate pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes inside the body.
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CT Scan (Wikipedia)
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A computed tomography scan (CT scan), formerly known in a more rudimentary state as computed axial tomography scan (CAT scan), is a medical imaging technique used to obtain detailed internal images of the body.
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Medical ultrasound (Wikipedia)
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    Medical ultrasound includes diagnostic techniques (mainly imaging) using ultrasound, as well as therapeutic applications of ultrasound.
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    Medical ultrasound includes diagnostic techniques (mainly imaging) using ultrasound
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Positron emission tomography - Wikipedia
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Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique that uses radioactive substances known as radiotracers to visualize and measure changes in metabolic processes, and in other physiological activities including blood flow, regional chemical composition, and absorption.
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