Patents by Inventor Marc HENSEL

Marc HENSEL has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • X-ray collimator size and position adjustment based on pre-shot
    Patent number: 10136864
    Abstract: An X-ray apparatus for image acquisition and a related method. The apparatus comprises a field-of-view corrector (CS) configured to receive a scout image (SI) acquired by the imager with a tentative collimator setting in a pre-shot imaging phase where said imager operates with a low dosage radiation cone causing the detector to register the scout image. The low dosage cone has, in the detector's image plane, a first cross section smaller than the total area of the detector surface. The field-of-view corrector (CS) uses said scout image to establish field-of-view correction information for a subsequent imaging phase where the imager is to operate with a high dosage radiation cone, the high dosage higher than the low dosage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Hanns-Ingo Maack, Christoph Kurze, Jens Von Berg, André Goossen, Claire Levrier, Raoul Florent, Liesbet Hilde Hadewijch Roose, Dirk Manke, Marc Hensel
  • X-RAY COLLIMATOR SIZE AND POSTION ADJUSTMENT BASED ON PRE-SHOT
    Publication number: 20150374314
    Abstract: An X-ray apparatus for image acquisition and a related method. The apparatus comprises a field-of-view corrector (CS) configured to receive a scout image (SI) acquired by the imager with a tentative collimator setting in a pre-shot imaging phase where said imager operates with a low dosage radiation cone causing the detector to register the scout image. The low dosage cone has, in the detector's image plane, a first cross section smaller than the total area of the detector surface. The field-of-view corrector (CS) uses said scout image to establish field-of-view correction information for a subsequent imaging phase where the imager is to operate with a high dosage radiation cone, the high dosage higher than the low dosage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Hanns-Ingo MAACK, Christoph KURZE, Jens VON BERG, André GOOSSEN, Claire LEVRIER, Raoul FLORENT, Liesbet Hilde Hadewijch ROOSE, Dirk MANKE, Marc HENSEL