X-ray device for inverse computer tomography

    公开(公告)号:US10537294B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-21

    申请号:US15741815

    申请日:2016-05-19

    IPC分类号: A61B6/03 A61B6/06 A61B6/00

    摘要: An X-ray device for an inverse computer tomography configuration, includes a plurality of X-ray emitters and a detector arranged opposite the X-ray emitters. The X-rays emitted by the X-ray emitters can be detected by the detector after at least partly passing through an examination region located in the intermediate region between the X-ray emitters and the detector. In an embodiment, the X-ray emitters are grouped into at least two mutually spaced sub-arrangements. Each sub-arrangement comprises multiple X-ray emitters. The spacing between the at least two sub-arrangements is greater than the spacing between adjacent X-ray emitters of at least one of the sub-arrangements.

    Electron-emission device
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11373835B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-28

    申请号:US16971018

    申请日:2019-01-25

    IPC分类号: H01J35/04 H01J35/06 H01J35/14

    摘要: An X-ray tube of an embodiment includes an anode; and an electron emission device. In an embodiment, the electron emission device includes at least one electron emitter including at least one emission surface and at least one barrier grid, the at least one barrier grid being spaced apart from the at least one emission surface of the electron emitter and includes a definable number of individually controllable grid segments. According to an embodiment, at least one individually definable grid voltage is applicable to each of the grid segments. In a simple manner, an electron-emission device of an embodiment permits the image quality to be adjusted with minimal anode loading.

    X-ray tube
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11361929B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-14

    申请号:US16891509

    申请日:2020-06-03

    IPC分类号: H01J35/08 A61B6/00

    摘要: An x-ray tube includes an electron emitter to emit an electron beam; and a multilayer anode including a first anode layer facing the electron beam and a second anode layer facing away from the electron beam. The first anode layer includes a first anode material to generate a braking radiation via the electron beam and the second anode layer includes a second anode material to generate a further x-ray radiation via the braking radiation. The further x-ray radiation is relatively more monochromatic than the braking radiation and wherein the first anode layer and the second anode layer adjoin in a planar manner.

    Moving a robot arm
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10470740B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-12

    申请号:US15986907

    申请日:2018-05-23

    摘要: A method is disclosed for moving a robot arm for an ultrasound examination, an ultrasound probe being attached to the robot arm. An associated ultrasound system is also disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a trained artificial neural network recording a medical issue; determining a motion dataset containing a motion sequence of the robot arm by applying the trained artificial neural network to the medical issue; transferring the motion dataset to a controller of the robot arm; and moving the robot arm in accordance with the motion sequence of the motion dataset. An associated second computing unit, and an associated computer program product are also disclosed.

    Electron emitter apparatus
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11955307B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US17734335

    申请日:2022-05-02

    IPC分类号: H01J35/06 H05G1/54 H05G1/70

    摘要: At least one example embodiment provides an electron emitter apparatus having a first ring of field-effect emitter needles, the field-effect emitter needles of the first ring forming a first emitter surface on an inner side of the first ring; and a second ring of field-effect emitter needles, the field-effect emitter needles of the second ring forming a second emitter surface on an inner side of the second ring, wherein the first ring and the second ring are arranged in such that the first emitter surface and the second emitter surface form a substantially contiguous three-dimensional overall emitter surface, the substantially contiguous three-dimensional overall emitter surface defining a hollow channel along a longitudinal axis of the electron emitter apparatus.

    Anode
    6.
    发明授权
    Anode 有权

    公开(公告)号:US10535489B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-14

    申请号:US15696845

    申请日:2017-09-06

    IPC分类号: H01J35/12 H01J35/10

    摘要: An anode has a base member, on which an X-ray active layer is applied. A first cooling circuit with a first cooling medium extends at least in part in the base member beneath the X-ray active layer. A second cooling circuit with a second cooling medium is arranged beneath the first cooling circuit. The anode exhibits distinctly improved thermo mechanical properties.