Patents by Inventor Timm Weitkamp

Timm Weitkamp 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).

  • Interferometer for quantitative phase contrast imaging and tomography with an incoherent polychromatic x-ray source
    Patent number: 7889838
    Abstract: An interferometer for X-rays, in particular hard X-rays, for obtaining quantitative phase contrast images, includes a standard polychromatic X-ray source, a diffractive optical beam splitter other than a Bragg crystal in transmission geometry, and a position-sensitive detector with spatially modulated detection sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Paul Scherrer Institut
    Inventors: Christian David, Franz Pfeiffer, Timm Weitkamp
  • Interferometer for quantitative phase contrast imaging and tomography with an incoherent polychromatic x-ray source
    Publication number: 20090092227
    Abstract: An interferometer for X-rays, in particular hard X-rays, for obtaining quantitative phase contrast images, includes a standard polychromatic X-ray source, a diffractive optical beam splitter other than a Bragg crystal in transmission geometry, and a position-sensitive detector with spatially modulated detection sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Christian David, Franz Pfeiffer, Timm Weitkamp