Inventor · Bad Mergentheim, DE

Eckhard Hempel

31Patents
20h-index
21Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 17, 2005 → Mar 1, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7639786B2 X-ray optical transmission grating of a focus-detector arrangement of an X-ray apparatus for generating projective or tomographic phase contrast recordings of a subject Physics 76 Active
US7535986B2 Method and CT system for detecting and differentiating plaque in vessel structures of a patient Physics 72 Active
US7486770B2 Focus-detector arrangement of an X-ray apparatus for generating projective or tomographic phase contrast recordings Physics 63 Active
US7492871B2 Focus/detector system of an x-ray apparatus for generating phase contrast recordings Physics 63 Active
US7817777B2 Focus detector arrangement and method for generating contrast x-ray images Physics 63 Active
US7646843B2 Method for producing projective and tomographic phase contrast images with the aid of an X-ray system Human Necessities 61 Active
US7564941B2 Focus-detector arrangement for generating projective or tomographic phase contrast recordings with X-ray optical gratings Physics 60 Active
US7522698B2 Focus/detector system of an X-ray apparatus for generating phase contrast recordings Physics 58 Active
US7532704B2 X-ray CT system for producing projective and tomographic phase contrast images Human Necessities 58 Active
US7983381B2 X-ray CT system for x-ray phase contrast and/or x-ray dark field imaging Physics 56 Active
US7522708B2 Focus/detector system of an X-ray apparatus for generating phase contrast recordings Physics 55 Active
US8009796B2 X-ray CT system to generate tomographic phase contrast or dark field exposures Physics 55 Active
US7945018B2 Method for producing projective and tomographic images using an X-ray system Physics 54 Active
US8374309B2 Arrangement and method for projective and/or tomographic phase-contrast imaging using X-ray radiation Human Necessities 49 Active
US7433444B2 Focus-detector arrangement of an X-ray apparatus for generating projective or tomographic phase contrast recordings Physics 46 Active
US7453981B2 Focus-detector arrangement with X-ray optical grating for phase contrast measurement Physics 46 Active
US7440542B2 Method and measuring arrangement for nondestructive analysis of an examination object by means of x-radiation Physics 31 Active
US8165270B2 X-ray optical grating and method for the production thereof, and X-ray detector embodying same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US7648498B2 Irradiation device for influencing a biological structure in a subject with electromagnetic radiation Human Necessities 23 Active
US7653177B2 Measurement system and method for the noninvasive determination of properties of an object to be examined and contrast medium X-ray phase-contrast measurement Physics 20 Active
US8626265B2 Device and method for reducing the heart rate of a patient, and apparatus having the device Physics 13 Active
US7436927B2 Imaging apparatus and method for the operation thereof Human Necessities 6 Active
US8223924B2 Grating with a large aspect ratio, in particular to be used as an X-ray optical grating in a CT system, produced by a lithography method Physics 6 Active
US7388944B2 Device for generation of x-ray radiation with a cold electron source Electricity 6 Active
US7787596B2 X-ray absorption grid Physics 4 Active

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