Patents by Inventor Bruno Kristiann Bernard De Man

Bruno Kristiann Bernard De Man 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).

  • System and method for breast imaging using X-ray computed tomography
    Patent number: 8649479
    Abstract: A system and method for breast imaging using x-ray computed tomography (CT) are provided. One system includes a rotating gantry, an x-ray source coupled to the gantry for generating an x-ray beam and an x-ray detector coupled to the gantry for detecting x-rays of the x-ray beam. The system further includes an adjustable collimator coupled to the x-ray source and configured to adjust a focus of the x-ray beam generated by the x-ray source. The x system also includes a controller configured to control the collimator to adjust the focus on a region of interest (ROI) and to control a beam intensity for the x-ray beam generated by the x-ray source during a scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bruno Kristiann Bernard De Man, Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BREAST IMAGING USING X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
    Publication number: 20120128120
    Abstract: A system and method for breast imaging using x-ray computed tomography (CT) are provided. One system includes a rotating gantry, an x-ray source coupled to the gantry for generating an x-ray beam and an x-ray detector coupled to the gantry for detecting x-rays of the x-ray beam. The system further includes an adjustable collimator coupled to the x-ray source and configured to adjust a focus of the x-ray beam generated by the x-ray source. The x system also includes a controller configured to control the collimator to adjust the focus on a region of interest (ROI) and to control a beam intensity for the x-ray beam generated by the x-ray source during a scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Bruno Kristiann Bernard De Man, Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller