Patents by Inventor Tillman Riess

Tillman Riess 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 medical device designed for implementing this method
    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
  • Method and medical device designed for implementing this method
    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