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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165270 | X-ray optical grating and method for the production thereof, and X-ray detector embodying same In a method for the production of x-ray-optical gratings composed of a first material forming of periodically arranged grating webs and grating openings, a second material is applied by electroplating to fill the grid openings. The electroplating is continued until ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7933383 | X-ray generator with polycapillary optic An x-ray generating system includes a source of x-ray radiation, a waveguide bundle optic for collimating the x-ray radiation produced by the source, a focusing optic for focusing the collimated x-ray radiation to a focal point. ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7742574 | Approach and device for focusing x-rays A new device for x-ray optics is proposed which is an analogous to zone plates but works for higher x-ray energies. This is achieved by using both refraction and diffraction of the x-rays and building the new device(s) in a three dimensional structure, contrary to t... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7734016 | Radiographic imaging apparatus and method A system is in a standby mode as an imaging preparation condition in step S1. If gripping of an operation handle is detected in step S2, the operation goes to step S3, in which an electromagnetic brake is released, thereby allowing a radiation d... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7711092 | X-ray lens assembly and X-ray device incorporating said assembly An X-ray lens assembly, a device including the X-ray lens assembly and a method of manufacturing the X-ray lens assembly are described. The X-ray assembly comprises a tube member (50) including an inlet opening (90) for X-rays and an outlet opening ( | 05/04/2010 |
| 7639786 | X-ray optical transmission grating of a focus-detector arrangement of an X-ray apparatus for generating projective or tomographic phase contrast recordings of a subject An X-ray optical transmission grating of a focus-detector arrangement of an X-ray apparatus is disclosed, for generating projective or tomographic phase contrast recordings of a subject. In at least one embodiment, the grating includes a multiplicity of grating bars... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7639787 | X-ray imaging apparatus When a tabletop is rolling, an aperture specifying unit calculates an aperture of diaphragm blades such that a radiation field is to be R′ based on a rolling angle, where R′ is a radiation field having the same radiation area of X-rays after tabletop rolling as ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7522708 | Focus/detector system of an X-ray apparatus for generating phase contrast recordings A focus/detector system of an X-ray apparatus is disclosed for generating projective or tomographic phase contrast recordings. In at least one embodiment, the system includes a beam source, including a focus and a focus-side source grating, arranged in the beam path... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522709 | X-ray examination apparatus and x-ray examination method using the same An X-ray examination apparatus changes a position of each X-ray sensor by rotating a sensor base, and resets a starting position of X-ray emission that becomes a X-ray focal position so that the X-ray enters each X-ray sensor after the position thereof is changed. A... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7492871 | Focus/detector system of an x-ray apparatus for generating phase contrast recordings A focus/detector system of an X-ray apparatus and a method for generating projective or tomographic phase contrast recordings, are disclosed. In an embodiment of the system, the system includes a beam source equipped with a focus and a focus-side source grating, arr... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7433444 | Focus-detector arrangement of an X-ray apparatus for generating projective or tomographic phase contrast recordings A focus-detector arrangement of an X-ray apparatus is disclosed for generating projective or tomographic phase contrast recordings of an observed region of a subject. In at least one embodiment, the arrangement includes a radiation source which emits a coherent or q... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430281 | Anti-scatter grid with mechanical resistance An anti-scatter grid for radiology imaging having an anti-scatter layer with a plurality of metallized partitions that enable X-rays emitted from a source located above the grid to pass and absorbing X-rays not derived directly from this source. The grid has at leas... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430282 | Heel effect compensation filter X-ray irradiator, X-ray CT scanner and method for X-ray CT imaging A heel effect compensation filter is configured to have a thickness distribution that uniforms an X-ray intensity angular distribution that is nonuniform in the body axis direction of a subject in an X-ray flux irradiated space. The space is formed by an X-ray flux ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430280 | Radiation emitting device A radiation emitting source includes a radiation emitter, an emitter switch, a collimator, a rotating mechanism and a shielding enclosure. The collimator has a central axial through-hole portion and a plurality of radial apertures. The through-hole portion receives ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430277 | Optical device for X-ray applications The invention relates to an optical device intended to treat an incident X-ray beam. The optical device comprises a monochromator and an optical element for conditioning the incident beam. The reflective surface of the optical element is able to produce a two-dimens... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7412030 | Apparatus employing conically parallel beam of X-rays An apparatus directing x-rays along a predetermined axis includes an x-ray optic having one or more nested x-ray reflector rings positioned relative to a source generating broad spectrum x-rays so that generated x-rays moving away from the predetermined axis are col... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7405809 | Illumination system particularly for microlithography An illumination system for scannertype microlithography along a scanning direction with a light source emitting a wavelength especially ≦193 nm. The illumination system includes a plurality of raster elements. The plurality of raster elements is imaged into an ima... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403597 | Radiation diaphragm in device having two diaphragms, and method for scanning a subject therewith in a diaphragm device for an x-ray apparatus for scanning a subject with a radiation beam and a scanning method using such a diaphragm device, the diaphragm device has at least two diaphragms. For at least one segment of the scan, the radiation beam that has been ad... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7372059 | Plasma-based EUV light source Various mechanisms are provided relating to plasma-based light source that may be used for lithography as well as other applications. For example, a device is disclosed for producing extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light based on a sheared plasma flow. The device can prod... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7359488 | Technique for digitally removing x-ray scatter in a radiograph Methods and apparatus for generating an x-ray image. An object is interposed between a detector and an x-ray source. A grid is interposed between the x-ray source and the object. The grid is exposed to primary x-ray energy generated by the x-ray source, thereby expo... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354391 | Implantable radiotherapy/brachytherapy radiation detecting apparatus and methods An interstitial brachytherapy apparatus and method for delivering and monitoring radioactive emissions delivered to tissue surrounding a resected tissue cavity. The brachytherapy device including a catheter body member having a proximal end, a distal end, and an out... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352887 | Scatter rejection for composite medical imaging systems Scatter effects are reduced in a radiographic imaging device, such as a digital slot scan mammographic imaging device, by reducing detected scatter and processing detector information to compensate for scatter effects. In one embodiment, a digital mammographic imagi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7330534 | Ray beam guiding apparatus and ray inspection system having the same The present invention discloses a ray beam guiding apparatus, comprising a ray beam guiding box having substantially fan-shaped top and bottom surfaces, defining an inner space, and having open wide and narrow ends; an engaging member joined to the narrow end of the... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329886 | EUV illumination system having a plurality of light sources for illuminating an optical element There is provided an illumination system. The illumination system includes a first light source and a second light source, each of which are for providing light having a wavelength ≦193 nm, and an optical element. The first light source illuminates a first area of... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323689 | Attenuation correction in nuclear medicine studies by simultaneous transmission and emission data measurement and estimation of emission-to-transmission crosstalk Attenuation correction in SPECT studies such as cardiac function imaging is carried out using an iterative statistically-based transmission projection reconstruction algorithm that is capable of modeling overlapping transmission beams from a line source array of rad... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321126 | Collector with fastening devices for fastening mirror shells There is provided a projection exposure system operable in a scanning mode along a scanning direction. The projection exposure system includes a collector that receives light having a wavelength ≦193 nm and illuminates a region in a plane. The plane is defined by ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321654 | Narrow band x-ray system and fabrication method thereof A narrow band x-ray filter can include: a substrate; and a sheaf of one or more reflection units stacked upon each other on the substrate. Each reflection unit can include: a first set of at least two discrete spacers on a respective underlying structures, a reflect... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321127 | Optical reflector element, its method of fabrication, and an optical instrument implementing such elements The invention provides an optical reflector element (1) for a beam of X-rays (RX) or of gamma-rays or of high-energy particles at grazing incidence, the element being constituted by a stack of superposed silicon plates (10-12). Each p... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317195 | Quantitative transmission/emission detector system and methods of detecting concealed radiation sources Apparatus and methods for screening inanimate objects for detecting concealed radioactive substances. The apparatus and method use a combination of at least one gamma-emission detector and the generation of a transmission image to non-invasively evaluate the content... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317781 | Image processing device and image processing method To provide image processing device and method capable of achieving a high-speed reconstruction process to a cone beam CT image, an area necessary for reconstruction in a projection image is determined from a slice position to be reconstructed, a convolution process ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317786 | Computed tomography apparatus and beam diaphragm therefor having absorber elements shaped to produce a non-uniform beam passage opening A gating device to delimit an x-ray beam, has a device housing, first and second absorber elements mounted in the device housing opposite each other, and an adjustment device for moving the absorber elements relative to each other to set a spacing therebetween formi... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315607 | Mammograph system with a face shield The present embodiments relate to a mammograph system with a face shield. The mammography system includes an X-ray emitter head; an object table; and a face shield. The face shield is movably supported by the X-ray emitter head and is movable into at least first and... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315610 | X-ray device that emits an x-ray beam with a scanning-like movement In a method for operating an x-ray device, an x-ray beam is generated at a focal spot of a rotary anode that is rotatable around a rotation axis, and the x-ray beam is gated with a slit-shaped diaphragm to produce a fan-shaped x-ray beam, that is moved through an ex... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313220 | Design for realizing an online element analysis A device for realizing an online element analysis for a substance (S) that is conveyed past or flows past a measuring station is provided with a device for conveying the substance to be measured, a measuring station with an X-ray source (10), and an X-ray flu... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312461 | Laparoscopic tumor therapy using high energy electron irradiation A laparoscopic tumor therapy method and an articulated electron beam transport system are provided for use with a high power, long focus electron source for tumor therapy. The high power, long focus electron source generates an e-beam. The e-beam is transported thro... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309161 | Method for determination of magnification in a line scan camera The magnification Mref for a line scan camera can be found by exploiting a difference in the way Mref affects the notion of ‘focus’ in the x and y directions. Mref enters into the calculations for selecting z while focusing in th... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7298822 | X-ray optical element An X-ray optical element for and influencing of X-ray beam characteristics in two dimensions includes two reflective, curved elements arranged side-by-side to receive X-ray radiation from an X-ray beam source so that the radiation is directed onto both reflective el... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7286639 | Focal spot sensing device and method in an imaging system A focal spot sensing device includes: a housing that resists x-ray beams; an opening disposed in a wall of the housing that allows an x-ray beam to enter the housing; and a sensor device disposed in the housing that interprets a position of the x-ray beam for calcul... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286645 | X-ray device that emits an x-ray beam with a scanning-like movement An x-ray device includes an x-ray tube for generation of an x-ray emanating from a focal spot of a rotary anode rotatable around a rotation axis and a slit-shaped diaphragm for generation of a fan-shaped x-ray beam that is gated from the x-ray and emission is moved ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280634 | Beam conditioning system with sequential optic An x-ray beam conditioning system with a first diffractive element and a second diffractive element. The two diffractive elements are arranged in a sequential configuration, and one of the diffractive elements is a crystal. The other diffractive element may be a mul... | 10/09/2007 |
