Patents by Inventor Maurizio BIANCONI

Maurizio BIANCONI 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).

  • Method for capturing projection data by way of a computed tomography device and computed tomography device
    Patent number: 11602316
    Abstract: A method is for capturing projection data. The method includes positioning the first diaphragm jaw and a second diaphragm jaw to set a layer collimation of a fan beam of radiation via the first diaphragm jaw and the second diaphragm jaw; capturing projection data of a region of a patient to be imaged via a detector and radiation source rotated in a plane of rotation, moving the region of the patient to be imaged relative to the plane of rotation, the fan beam penetrating the region of the patient to be imaged and striking the detector; and moving at least one of the first and second diaphragm jaw during the capturing, to dynamically adjust a position of a boundary surface of the fan beam to a position of a boundary surface of the region, to avoid the fan beam penetrating the patient outside the region to be imaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Berner, Ulrich Kuehn, Maurizio Bianconi
  • METHOD FOR CAPTURING PROJECTION DATA BY WAY OF A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210077039
    Abstract: A method is for capturing projection data. The method includes positioning the first diaphragm jaw and a second diaphragm jaw to set a layer collimation of a fan beam of radiation via the first diaphragm jaw and the second diaphragm jaw; capturing projection data of a region of a patient to be imaged via a detector and radiation source rotated in a plane of rotation, moving the region of the patient to be imaged relative to the plane of rotation, the fan beam penetrating the region of the patient to be imaged and striking the detector; and moving at least one of the first and second diaphragm jaw during the capturing, to dynamically adjust a position of a boundary surface of the fan beam to a position of a boundary surface of the region, to avoid the fan beam penetrating the patient outside the region to be imaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias BERNER, Ulrich KUEHN, Maurizio BIANCONI