Patents by Inventor Thomas Tücking

Thomas Tücking 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: 9420975
    Abstract: An imaging facility having an X-ray source, an X-ray detector, and a rotation facility operable to rotate the X-ray source and the X-ray detector around a center of rotation. The imaging facility also has a first translation facility operable to move the X-ray source in a direction that has a component that is tangential to a circle of rotation around the center of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marcus Gutfleisch, Thomas Knöfel, Gerhard Lechsel, Alexander Passin, Thomas Tücking
  • Patent number: 8923475
    Abstract: A system for motion control of a cone-beam tomography recording device includes a drive system configured to position a paired radiation source and radiation detector relative to an object. The system further includes a controller configured to: initiate a trigger plan operable as a function of a constant frequency control signal, activate the paired radiation source and radiation detector in accordance with the trigger plan, drive, in response to the trigger plan, the first drive system to a steady operating state derived as a function of the constant frequency, capture a plurality of broadcast radiation signals representative of a plurality of two dimensional images of the object such that the two dimensional images are defined equidistant positions defined by the trigger plan and as a function of the constant frequency signal, and generate a three dimensional representation of the object based on the plurality of two dimensional images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus Gutfleisch, Thomas Tücking, Douglas Howard, Edward Lewis Calderon
  • Publication number: 20130193349
    Abstract: A system for motion control of a cone-beam tomography recording device includes a drive system configured to position a paired radiation source and radiation detector relative to an object. The system further includes a controller configured to: initiate a trigger plan operable as a function of a constant frequency control signal, activate the paired radiation source and radiation detector in accordance with the trigger plan, drive, in response to the trigger plan, the first drive system to a steady operating state derived as a function of the constant frequency, capture a plurality of broadcast radiation signals representative of a plurality of two dimensional images of the object such that the two dimensional images are defined equidistant positions defined by the trigger plan and as a function of the constant frequency signal, and generate a three dimensional representation of the object based on the plurality of two dimensional images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Marcus Gutfleisch, Thomas Tücking, Douglas Howard, Edward Lewis Calderon
  • Publication number: 20120177171
    Abstract: An imaging facility having an X-ray source, an X-ray detector, and a rotation facility operable to rotate the X-ray source and the X-ray detector around a center of rotation. The imaging facility also has a first translation facility operable to move the X-ray source in a direction that has a component that is tangential to a circle of rotation around the center of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Marcus Gutfleisch, Thomas Knöfel, Gerhard Lechsel, Alexander Passin, Thomas Tücking