A61B 6/4042
K-edge filters
Official title: {K-edge filters}
A61B6/4042 (K-edge filters) appears on 114 US grants and 109 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 114
- Published applications
- 109
- Assignees
- 59
- Inventors
- 218
- Latest grant
- 29 Jul 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for an integrated filter assembly with two carriages29 Jul 2025US 12,369,869 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- System and method for continuous calibration of X-ray scans17 Jun 2025US 12,329,563 B2Hologic, Inc.
- Spectral X-ray imaging using variable high voltage X-ray source20 May 2025US 12,303,311 B2Teledyne Dalsa B.V.
- Multi-maximum x-ray spectrum systems and multi-layer imaging systems4 Feb 2025US 12,213,819 B2Varex Imaging Corporation
- Rapid filtration methods for dual-energy X-ray CT16 Jul 2024US 12,036,055 B2Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Monochromatic x-ray system and methods for high power operation26 Mar 2026US 2026/0088241 A1Imagine Scientific, Inc.
- System and method for continuous calibration of x-ray scans11 Dec 2025US 2025/0375179 A1Hologic, Inc.
- Dual-layer detector system and method for spectral imaging and contrast enhanced digital breast tomosynthesis16 May 2024US 2024/0156420 A1The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
- Multi-maximum x-ray spectrum systems and multi-layer imaging systems22 Feb 2024US 2024/0057953 A1Varex Imaging Corporation
- Systems and methods for an integrated filter assembly with two carriages30 Nov 2023US 2023/0380782 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
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- Dynamic multi-spectral X-ray projection imaging151US 6,950,492 B22005
- Image reconstruction methods144US 5,644,612 ACardiac Mariners, Inc. · 1997
- Methods for acquiring multi spectral data of an object139US 7,116,749 B22006
- Scanning beam x-ray imaging system130US 5,835,561 ACardiac Mariners, Inc. · 1998