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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
May. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Oliver Preusche, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/06 (2006.01); G21K 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/484 (2013.01); A61B 6/4035 (2013.01); A61B 6/4233 (2013.01); A61B 6/4291 (2013.01); A61B 6/06 (2013.01); G21K 1/065 (2013.01); G21K 2207/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A phase-contrast x-ray imaging device is particularly suited for the medical field. The device includes an x-ray source for generating an x-radiation field and an x-ray detector having a one-dimensional or two-dimensional arrangement of pixels. A phase-contrast differential amplifier is positioned between the x-ray source and the x-ray detector. The phase-contrast differential amplifier amplifies spatial phase differences in the x-radiation field during operation.