Patents by Inventor Phillipe Berard

Phillipe Berard 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 and system for low radiation computed tomography
    Patent number: 7646845
    Abstract: A method for single photon counting transmission computed tomography (CT) is described. The method is based on an apparatus consisting of a radiation source and detectors on an opposite side of the subject from the source. The radiation source is for example an X-ray tube. The detectors are independently connected to parallel, fast, low-noise processing electronics capable of recording and counting individual X-ray photons at very high rate. In one embodiment of the invention, said detector is made of a scintillator coupled to a photodetector. The photodetector can be an avalanche photodiode (APD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: SOCPRA Sciences Sante et Humaines S.E.C.
    Inventors: Roger Lecomte, Phillipe Berard, Jules Cadorette, David Lapointe