Patents by Inventor Hugo De Las Heras

Hugo De Las Heras 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).

  • Tomography apparatus and tomography method
    Patent number: 8971481
    Abstract: A tomography apparatus that generates images of an object includes a radiation source emitting a radiation beam, wherein the radiation beam rotates around the object and penetrates the object; a radiation detector rotating around the object opposite the radiation source so that the radiation detector detects the radiation beam after penetration of the object; a radiation mask surrounding the object that masks the radiation beam, wherein the radiation mask is arranged in a path of the radiation beam between the radiation source and the radiation detector and the radiation beam passes the radiation mask only once between the radiation source and the radiation detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
    Inventors: Oleg Tischenko, Hugo De Las Heras, Christoph Hoeschen
  • TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND TOMOGRAPHY METHOD
    Publication number: 20130039459
    Abstract: A tomography apparatus that generates images of an object includes a radiation source emitting a radiation beam, wherein the radiation beam rotates around the object and penetrates the object; a radiation detector rotating around the object opposite the radiation source so that the radiation detector detects the radiation beam after penetration of the object; a radiation mask surrounding the object that masks the radiation beam, wherein the radiation mask is arranged in a path of the radiation beam between the radiation source and the radiation detector and the radiation beam passes the radiation mask only once between the radiation source and the radiation detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Oleg Tischenko, Hugo De Las Heras, Christoph Hoeschen