Patents by Inventor Barbara HINTZ

Barbara HINTZ 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).

  • Patent number: 11476013
    Abstract: An anti-scatter collimator is for arrangement in a stacked construction with an X-ray detector. In an embodiment, the anti-scatter collimator includes collimator walls arranged adjacently at least along a first direction. The collimator walls are mutually spaced to provide a through-channel between each pair of adjacent collimator walls. The through-channels provided by the arrangement of the multiplicity of collimator walls are at least partially filled with a filler material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Woelfel, Michael Teuber, Nick Dinkel, Barbara Hintz
  • Patent number: 11197644
    Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus includes a detection unit, having an X-ray detector and a stray radiation collimator in stacked arrangement, and an X-ray source opposite the detection unit. The X-ray source is embodied, starting from a focal point, to emit X-rays towards the X-ray detector. The X-ray detector has a sensor plane and is subdivided in a first direction into a plurality of detector elements. Each detector element of the plurality of detector elements is embodied to convert the X-rays impinging on a surface region, assigned to the detector element, of the sensor plane into an electrical pixel measurement signal. The stray radiation collimator has a plurality of collimator walls. The collimator walls are arranged over the surface region of a detector element of the plurality of detector elements, such that a shadow cast by a respective collimator wall completely overlaps with the surface region of the corresponding detector element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Thorsten Ergler, Michael Grasruck, Barbara Hintz, Peter Kaemmerer, Carsten Thierfelder
  • Publication number: 20210280335
    Abstract: An anti-scatter collimator is for arrangement in a stacked construction with an X-ray detector. In an embodiment, the anti-scatter collimator includes collimator walls arranged adjacently at least along a first direction. The collimator walls are mutually spaced to provide a through-channel between each pair of adjacent collimator walls. The through-channels provided by the arrangement of the multiplicity of collimator walls are at least partially filled with a filler material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan WOELFEL, Michael TEUBER, Nick DINKEL, Barbara HINTZ
  • Publication number: 20200375554
    Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus includes a detection unit, having an X-ray detector and a stray radiation collimator in stacked arrangement, and an X-ray source opposite the detection unit. The X-ray source is embodied, starting from a focal point, to emit X-rays towards the X-ray detector. The X-ray detector has a sensor plane and is subdivided in a first direction into a plurality of detector elements. Each detector element of the plurality of detector elements is embodied to convert the X-rays impinging on a surface region, assigned to the detector element, of the sensor plane into an electrical pixel measurement signal. The stray radiation collimator has a plurality of collimator walls. The collimator walls are arranged over the surface region of a detector element of the plurality of detector elements, such that a shadow cast by a respective collimator wall completely overlaps with the surface region of the corresponding detector element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten ERGLER, Michael GRASRUCK, Barbara HINTZ, Peter KAEMMERER, Carsten THIERFELDER