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Detection chamber with variable volume

US8401623B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV · NL

Inventors

Axel Jakob Hagen · Berlin, DE
Andrea Mueller · Winterthur, CH
Axel Kuhn · Berlin, DE
Peter Pawlak · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 21, 2009
Grant date	Mar 19, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 21, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2562/146
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention proposes a detection chamber (5) comprising a fluid-tight measurement volume (20) the size of which can be varied using a movable wall portion (15). Such a detection chamber (5) allows compression of the object to be imaged as well as the use of a matching medium to fill the space inside the measurement volume (20) not filled by the object to be imaged.

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