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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 05, 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 ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/484 (2013.01); A61B 6/4291 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01);
Abstract
A phase contrast x-ray imaging system generates an absorption image and a phase shift image of an object under study. The absorption image represents a measurement of the imaged object's attenuation of radiographic energy, and the phase shift image represents a measurement of the imaged object's phase shifting of the radiographic waves passing through the object. The two images may be used to improve soft tissue discrimination in radiographic imaging.