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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Pavlo Baturin, Rochester, NY (US);
Mark E. Shafer, Pittsford, NY (US);
Assignee:
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); G01N 23/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/484 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); A61B 6/03 (2013.01); A61B 6/583 (2013.01); G01N 23/20075 (2013.01); G01N 2223/3035 (2013.01);
Abstract
A phantom material may be irradiated with varying energy x-rays to determine its phase shift properties. A determination of the difference between those phase shift properties and the phase shift properties of another material of interest can be represented and stored in terms of a polynomial function. The stored function can then be used in combination with a surrogate phantom shaped in the form of another object to obtain the phase shift properties of that other object as if it were made from the material of interest.