Patents by Inventor Volker Biermann

Volker Biermann 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: 10610177
    Abstract: A first x-ray image is acquired at a predetermined position of a focal point and with a first orientation of an x-ray tube of an x-ray device. Subsequently, the x-ray tube is adjusted by rotating about a predetermined angle and by positioning, wherein the focal point is situated in the predetermined position prior to the adjustment and after the adjustment. After the adjustment, the x-ray tube is situated in a second orientation. Subsequently, a second x-ray image is acquired at the predetermined position and with the second orientation. A combined x-ray image from at least the first and second x-ray image is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Volker Biermann, Frank Dennerlein, Michael Fuhrmann, Rainer Graumann, Anna Jerebko, Thomas Mertelmeier, Ralf Nanke, Thomas Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20160183892
    Abstract: A first x-ray image is acquired at a predetermined position of a focal point and with a first orientation of an x-ray tube of an x-ray device. Subsequently, the x-ray tube is adjusted by rotating about a predetermined angle and by positioning, wherein the focal point is situated in the predetermined position prior to the adjustment and after the adjustment. After the adjustment, the x-ray tube is situated in a second orientation. Subsequently, a second x-ray image is acquired at the predetermined position and with the second orientation. A combined x-ray image from at least the first and second x-ray image is produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: VOLKER BIERMANN, FRANK DENNERLEIN, MICHAEL FUHRMANN, RAINER GRAUMANN, ANNA JEREBKO, THOMAS MERTELMEIER, RALF NANKE, THOMAS SCHMITT
  • Publication number: 20100329534
    Abstract: A method and an X-ray image acquisition system for the acquisition of X-ray images of a region of interest of an examination object from a multiplicity of angles of view for an 3-D image reconstruction are provided. The X-ray image acquisition system comprises an X-ray focus and an X-ray detector, which can be separately positioned and oriented relative to each other. The X-ray focus is moved along a combination of straight line segments and/or arc segments for the acquisition of X-ray images. The X-ray detector is oriented relative to the X-ray focus and moved in such a way that the region of interest is projected completely onto the X-ray detector upon each image acquisition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Volker Biermann, Jan Boese, Georg Buchheim, Frank Dennerlein, Michael Fuhrmann, Holger Kunze, Alois Nöttling, Thomas Redel