Patents by Inventor Christoph POLSTER

Christoph POLSTER 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: 10665003
    Abstract: A method and an X-ray detector are for correcting a spatially resolved photon scan of the X-ray detector. In an embodiment, the X-ray detector includes processing circuitry configured to: generate, from an incident X-ray photon, a signal contribution in a first electrical signal in a spatially resolved manner, a reference value being defined by an absence of X-ray photons; resolve, in relation to the reference value, positive signal contributions of the first electrical signal and negative signal contributions of the first electrical signal; and provide the positive signal contributions resolved and the negative signal contributions resolved for further processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Polster, Steffen Kappler, Edgar Goederer
  • Publication number: 20190172231
    Abstract: A method and an X-ray detector are for correcting a spatially resolved photon scan of the X-ray detector. In an embodiment, the X-ray detector includes processing circuitry configured to: generate, from an incident X-ray photon, a signal contribution in a first electrical signal in a spatially resolved manner, a reference value being defined by an absence of X-ray photons; resolve, in relation to the reference value, positive signal contributions of the first electrical signal and negative signal contributions of the first electrical signal; and provide the positive signal contributions resolved and the negative signal contributions resolved for further processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph POLSTER, Steffen KAPPLER, Edgar GOEDERER
  • Patent number: 10182774
    Abstract: A filter is disclosed for the spectral filtration of X-rays emanating from an X-ray source which cross an object under examination and are detected by an X-ray detector in at least two different spectral regions. After crossing the object under examination, the X-rays have an energy spectrum which displays a characteristic distribution for the anode material of the X-ray source. In an embodiment, the filter is configured to suppress part of the energy spectrum comprising the focal point of the energy spectrum. A corresponding X-ray system and method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Steffen Kappler, Christoph Polster, Stefan Ulzheimer
  • Publication number: 20170071559
    Abstract: A filter is disclosed for the spectral filtration of X-rays emanating from an X-ray source which cross an object under examination and are detected by an X-ray detector in at least two different spectral regions. After crossing the object under examination, the X-rays have an energy spectrum which displays a characteristic distribution for the anode material of the X-ray source. In an embodiment, the filter is configured to suppress part of the energy spectrum comprising the focal point of the energy spectrum. A corresponding X-ray system and method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen KAPPLER, Christoph POLSTER, Stefan ULZHEIMER