Inventor · Boxford, MA, US

Christopher Ruth

81Patents
33h-index
44Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 1, 1996 → Oct 24, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7245694B2 X-ray mammography/tomosynthesis of patient's breast Human Necessities 190 Expired
US6256404A Computed tomography scanning apparatus and method using adaptive reconstruction window Physics 138 Expired
US7702142B2 Matching geometry generation and display of mammograms and tomosynthesis images Physics 116 Expired
US5901198A Computed tomography scanning target detection using target surface normals Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 107 Expired
US7577282B2 Image handling and display in X-ray mammography and tomosynthesis Physics 105 Active
US7616801B2 Image handling and display in x-ray mammography and tomosynthesis Physics 105 Active
US5887047A Parallel processing architecture for computed tomography scanning system using non-parallel slices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 100 Expired
US5909477A Computed tomography scanning target detection using non-parallel slices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 95 Expired
US5881122A Computed tomography scanning apparatus and method for generating parallel projections using non-parallel slice data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 89 Expired
US8155421B2 Matching geometry generation and display of mammograms and tomosynthesis images Physics 84 Active
US5949842A Air calibration scan for computed tomography scanner with obstructing objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 77 Expired
US8712127B2 Matching geometry generation and display of mammograms and tomosynthesis images Physics 76 Active
US7583786B2 X-ray mammography/tomosynthesis of patient's breast Human Necessities 68 Active
US8787522B2 Upright x-ray breast imaging with a CT mode, multiple tomosynthesis modes, and a mammography mode Human Necessities 64 Active
US5970113A Computed tomography scanning apparatus and method with temperature compensation for dark current offsets Physics 63 Expired
US9020579B2 System and method for dual energy and/or contrast enhanced breast imaging for screening, diagnosis and biopsy Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 63 Active
US5802134A Nutating slice CT image reconstruction apparatus and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 54 Expired
US7881428B2 X-ray mammography/tomosynthesis of patient's breast Human Necessities 53 Active
US9084579B2 Matching geometry generation and display of mammograms and tomosynthesis Physics 48 Active
US5848117A Apparatus and method for computed tomography scanning using halfscan reconstruction with asymmetric detector system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US9811758B2 Matching geometry generation and display of mammograms and tomosynthesis Physics 44 Active
US8897535B2 System and method for generating a 2D image from a tomosynthesis data set Physics 44 Active
US10357211B2 Method for dual energy and/or contrast enhanced breast imaging for screening, diagnosis and biopsy Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 43 Active
US9456797B2 System and method for generating a 2D image from a tomosynthesis data set Physics 43 Active
US7916915B2 Image handling and display in x-ray mammography and tomosynthesis Physics 38 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.