Thomas Mertelmeier
56Patents
15h-index
63Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 23, 1999 → Sep 24, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.