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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Ruola Ning, Fairport, NY (US);
Weixing Cai, Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ruola Ning, Fairport, NY (US);
Weixing Cai, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for imaging an object, such as for breast imaging, includes a gantry frame having mounted thereon an x-ray source, a source grating, a holder or other place for the object to be imaged, a phase grating, an analyzer grating, and an x-ray detector. The device images objects by differential-phase-contrast cone-beam computed tomography. A hybrid system includes sources and detectors for both conventional and differential-phase-contrast computed tomography.