Inventor · Erlangen, DE

Thomas Mertelmeier

56Patents
15h-index
63Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 23, 1999 → Sep 24, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6999554B2 X-ray diagnostic apparatus for mammography examinations Human Necessities 148 Expired
US6341156B1 X-ray diagnostic apparatus with relatively moved x-ray source and detector Physics 146 Expired
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
US7486770B2 Focus-detector arrangement of an X-ray apparatus for generating projective or tomographic phase contrast recordings Physics 63 Active
US7817777B2 Focus detector arrangement and method for generating contrast x-ray images Physics 63 Active
US7564941B2 Focus-detector arrangement for generating projective or tomographic phase contrast recordings with X-ray optical gratings Physics 60 Active
US8594274B2 Method to show a concentration of a contrast agent in a predetermined volume segment by means of tomosynthesis, and corresponding tomosynthesis apparatus Human Necessities 47 Active
US7453981B2 Focus-detector arrangement with X-ray optical grating for phase contrast measurement Physics 46 Active
US7433444B2 Focus-detector arrangement of an X-ray apparatus for generating projective or tomographic phase contrast recordings Physics 46 Active
US8031834B2 Tomosynthesis apparatus and method to operate a tomosynthesis apparatus Electricity 34 Active
US7440542B2 Method and measuring arrangement for nondestructive analysis of an examination object by means of x-radiation Physics 31 Active
US8002718B2 Shockwave system control dependent on patient's blood pressure Human Necessities 25 Active
US6157697A Apparatus using X-rays and measurement of electrical potentials for examining living tissue Human Necessities 24 Expired
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
US6710686B2 Method for the fast acquisition of a magnetic resonance image Physics 16 Expired
US7558366B2 Tomosynthetic image reconstruction method, and diagnostic device operating according to the method Physics 15 Active
US7463713B2 Mammography method and apparatus for generating digital tomosynthetic 3D image Human Necessities 14 Active
US7342999B2 Method and apparatus for generation of a digital x-ray image of an examination subject Human Necessities 13 Active
US7945014B2 X-ray system and method for tomosynthetic scanning Electricity 13 Active
US7965812B2 Mammography system and operating method Human Necessities 11 Active
US8363050B2 Method and device for producing a tomosynthetic 3D X-ray image Human Necessities 11 Active
US7742558B2 Mammography tomosynthesis apparatus with a compression plate having a recess therein Human Necessities 11 Active
US6952606B2 Combined electrical impedance and ultrasound scanner Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US6909769B2 Method and apparatus for three-dimensional imaging of a moving examination subject, particularly for heart imaging Human Necessities 10 Expired
US7729756B2 Measurement system for examining a section of tissue on a patient and the use of a measurement system of this type Human Necessities 10 Expired

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