US7949095B2 - Methods and apparatus for differential phase-contrast fan beam CT, cone-beam
CT and hybrid cone-beam CT - Google Patents US7949095B2 - Methods and apparatus for …

BACKGROUND 0003. Existing prone breast biopsy systems such as described in US Pat.
No. 5,078,142 to Siczek et al. and US Pat. No. 5.289. 520 to Pellegrino et al. allow …

A method of acquiring scatter data and image projection data in computed tomography is
provided that includes attenuating a radiation source using a pattern of blockers arranged to …

Disclosed are methods for reconstructing a three-dimensional image of an object's Volume
of interest using computed tomography that employs conical-beam, intensity-modulated …

In the optical structure observation apparatus according to an aspect of the present
invention, a middle layer of a measured object having a layer structure at least including a …

One object of the present invention may be seen in providing a preferred combination of
different image infor mation types into one resulting image. This object may be achieved by …

(57) ABSTRACT A prone CT breast X-ray imaging system is described that can image a full
breast to create a conventional two dimensional digital image in very high resolution (eg …

An X-ray phase-shift contrast imaging method and the system thereof are provided. The X-
ray phase-shift contrast imaging method utilizes characteristic X-rays of high throughput …