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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:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Pavlo Baturin, Rochester, NY (US);
Mark E. Shafer, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4035 (2013.01); A61B 6/4291 (2013.01); A61B 6/484 (2013.01); A61B 6/587 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for assembling a phase contrast x-ray imaging system includes fabricating a phase grating and an absorption grating according to a preselected pitch of the gratings. The actual obtained pitches are measured and a source grating is then fabricated according to a desired design point of the imaging system.