Patents by Inventor Theobald Fuchs

Theobald Fuchs 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: 8781064
    Abstract: A multi-dimensional representation of an object is obtained in that first and second pictures of the object illuminated using an X-ray source are created using a sensor that is located, in relation to the X-ray source, behind the object in a preferential direction defined by the relative positions of the object and of the sensor. A distance in the preferential direction between the X-ray source and the object is different in the first picture than in the second picture. The multi-dimensional representation of the object is obtained by combining the first and second pictures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Theobald Fuchs, Tobias Schoen, Randolf Hanke
  • Patent number: 8345817
    Abstract: A multi-dimensional representation of an object is obtained in that first and second pictures of the object illuminated using an X-ray source are created using a sensor that is located, in relation to the X-ray source, behind the object in a preferential direction defined by the relative positions of the object and of the sensor. A distance in the preferential direction between the X-ray source and the object is different in the first picture than in the second picture. The multi-dimensional representation of the object is obtained by combining the first and second pictures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Theobald Fuchs, Tobias Schoen, Randolf Hanke
  • Patent number: 8229061
    Abstract: In an X-ray computer tomograph and a method for examining a component by means of X-ray computer tomography, the component carries out a movement relative to a radiation source detector unit in at least two degrees of freedom of movement, so at least one trajectory can be produced which spans a three-dimensional space. Since the X-radiation has a three-dimensional radiation geometry, volume data can be rapidly obtained and precisely reconstructed to form a three-dimensional X-ray image. The component can be geometrically measured by means of a geometry detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Randolf Hanke, Theobald Fuchs, Tobias Schön, Michael Maisl, Stefan Kasperl
  • Patent number: 8184766
    Abstract: In an X-ray computer tomograph and a method for investigating an object by means of X-ray computer tomography, to improve the image quality, a first intensity of the X-ray radiation between an X-ray source and the object is measured by means of a first intensity measurement device (13) and a second intensity of the X-ray radiation between the object and the X-ray detector outside a projection region of the object is measured by means of a second intensity measurement device. A scattered radiation correction factor is calculable by means of the measured intensities to reduce the scattered radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Theobald Fuchs, Norman Uhlmann
  • Publication number: 20110110487
    Abstract: A multi-dimensional representation of an object is obtained in that first and second pictures of the object illuminated using an X-ray source are created using a sensor that is located, in relation to the X-ray source, behind the object in a preferential direction defined by the relative positions of the object and of the sensor. A distance in the preferential direction between the X-ray source and the object is different in the first picture than in the second picture. The multi-dimensional representation of the object is obtained by combining the first and second pictures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Theobald Fuchs, Tobias Schoen, Randolf Hanke
  • Publication number: 20110103546
    Abstract: In an X-ray computer tomograph and a method for examining a component by means of X-ray computer tomography, the component carries out a movement relative to a radiation source detector unit in at least two degrees of freedom of movement, so at least one trajectory can be produced which spans a three-dimensional space. Since the X-radiation has a three-dimensional radiation geometry, volume data can be rapidly obtained and precisely reconstructed to form a three-dimensional X-ray image. The component can be geometrically measured by means of a geometry detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Randolf Hanke, Theobald Fuchs, Tobias Schön, Michael Maisl, Stefan Kasperl
  • Publication number: 20100316183
    Abstract: In an X-ray computer tomograph and a method for investigating an object by means of X-ray computer tomography, to improve the image quality, a first intensity of the X-ray radiation between an X-ray source and the object is measured by means of a first intensity measurement device (13) and a second intensity of the X-ray radiation between the object and the X-ray detector outside a projection region of the object is measured by means of a second intensity measurement device. A scattered radiation correction factor is calculable by means of the measured intensities to reduce the scattered radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Theobald Fuchs, Norman Uhlmann
  • Publication number: 20100266181
    Abstract: A CT reconstruction of an object including a high-resolution object region of interest may be produced in an artefact-free manner by producing a first projection data set of a first region of the object that encloses the object region of interest and includes at least one projection recording of a first resolution, and a second projection data set of the object region of interest including at least a second projection recording of a second, higher resolution. The first and second projection data sets may be combined, in accordance with a combination rule, so as to obtain a CT reconstruction of the first region of the object having the first resolution and of the object region of interest having the second, higher resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Steven Oeckl, Theobald Fuchs, Tobias Schoen
  • Patent number: 7109490
    Abstract: A method is for restoring a signal of a defective channel of a beam detector, which has a multitude of channels and by means of which projections are recorded from different directions of projection. The channels of the beam detector each have a detector element with channel electronics connected downstream thereform. The signal of the defective channel is restored while using neighboring signals of an M-neighborhood of the same projection and from adjacent signals of an M-neighborhood of additional projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Theobald Fuchs, Willi Kalender, Tillman Riess, Quirin Spreiter, Thomas von der Haar
  • Publication number: 20040222380
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for restoring a signal of a defective channel of a beam detector, which has a multitude of channels and by means of which projections are recorded from different directions of projection. The channels of the beam detector each have a detector element with channel electronics connected downstream therefrom. The signal of the defective channel is restored while using neighboring signals of an M-neighborhood of the same projection and from adjacent signals of an M-neighborhood of additional projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Theobald Fuchs, Willi Kalender, Tillman Riess, Quirin Spreiter, Thomas von der Haar