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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:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Mark D. Herold, Stow, OH (US);
David D. Salk, Parma, OH (US);
Adam S. Elkurd, Akron, OH (US);
Kristin A. Babroski, Parma, OH (US);
Inventors:
Mark D. Herold, Stow, OH (US);
David D. Salk, Parma, OH (US);
Adam S. Elkurd, Akron, OH (US);
Kristin A. Babroski, Parma, OH (US);
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2006.01); G01D 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An adjustable phantom () includes a base (), an actuator () and a phantom (). The phantom includes first () and second portions (), each having a different value of a physical characteristic measured by a scanner (). The phantom () is movable with respect to the base (). In one embodiment, the phantom is well suited to simulating the arrival of contrast agent in a contrast enhanced imaging examination.