Patents by Inventor Stephane Barras

Stephane Barras 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).

  • Device limiting the appearance of decoding artefacts for a gamma camera with a coded mask
    Patent number: 7476863
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device limiting the appearance of decoding artefacts for a gamma camera with a coded mask comprising a gamma radiation detector (3) opposite the coded mask (1) and having a field of view with an area partially coded (20) by the coded mask (1). It comprises a recessed part (30), which is opaque to the gamma radiation, to be arranged opposite the detector (3) with respect to the coded mask (1), with said recessed part (30) obscuring the partially coded area (20) of the field of view for the detector (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Commissariat A l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Fabrice Lamadie, Christophe Brenneis, Philippe Girones, Stéphane Barras
  • Device Limiting the Appearance of Decoding Artefacts for a Gamma Camera With a Coded Mask
    Publication number: 20080128625
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device limiting the appearance of decoding artefacts for a gamma camera with a coded mask comprising a gamma radiation detector (3) opposite the coded mask (1) and having a field of view with an area partially coded (20) by the coded mask (1). It comprises a recessed part (30), which is opaque to the gamma radiation, to be arranged opposite the detector (3) with respect to the coded mask (1), with said recessed part (30) obscuring the partially coded area (20) of the field of view for the detector (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Fabrice Lamadie, Christophe Brenneis, Philippe Girones, Stephane Barras