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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2003
Applicants:
David L. White, Oakland, CA (US);
Manish Kothari, San Francisco, CA (US);
Richard A. Carano, San Ramon, CA (US);
Inventors:
David L. White, Oakland, CA (US);
Manish Kothari, San Francisco, CA (US);
Richard A. Carano, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Synarc, Inc., Maynard, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a test device or 'phantom' for use in conjunction with medical imaging modalities. The phantom mimics the properties of joint particular cartilage. The phantom is useful for quality assurance of images of joints obtained using an array of medical imaging modalities.