G01N 23/041
Phase-contrast imaging
Official title: Phase-contrast imaging, e.g. using grating interferometers
G01N23/041 (Phase-contrast imaging) appears on 239 US grants and 293 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 239
- Published applications
- 293
- Assignees
- 118
- Inventors
- 454
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2003 | 4 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
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| 2007 | 4 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 7 |
| 2010 | 4 | 7 |
| 2011 | 6 | 9 |
| 2012 | 5 | 7 |
| 2013 | 8 | 26 |
| 2014 | 8 | 13 |
| 2015 | 17 | 23 |
| 2016 | 9 | 12 |
| 2017 | 12 | 14 |
| 2018 | 12 | 18 |
| 2019 | 14 | 27 |
| 2020 | 30 | 21 |
| 2021 | 28 | 26 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 |
| 2023 | 12 | 10 |
| 2024 | 4 | 8 |
| 2025 | 10 | 13 |
| 2026 | 5 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for extraction of structural data of a sample from scan data8 Sep 2026US 12,730,080 B2Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
- Method for calculating elastic modulus and device for calculating elastic modulus14 Jul 2026US 12,680,967 B2Tohoku University
- Phase contrast x-ray imaging system and image processing method9 Jun 2026US 12,648,747 B2Shimadzu Corporation
- Blanker-enhanced moire imaging26 May 2026US 12,640,332 B2FEI Company
- Phase image processing apparatus and phase image processing method24 Mar 2026US 12,586,754 B2Hitachi, Ltd.
- Resection margin assessment8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309649 A1Jettec AB
- Image management system, sample selection method, image management device, image display device, and program24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287523 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Compact phase and darkfield laboratory X-ray imaging system and method25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177796 A1
- Apparatus and method for measuring clearance11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160546 A1ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Ptychographic imaging method and imaging system4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153720 A1GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ultrahigh resolution interferometric x-ray imaging226US 5,812,629 A1998
- Interferometer for quantitative phase contrast imaging and tomography with an incoherent polychromatic x-ray source81US 7,889,838 B2Paul Scherrer Institut · 2011
- X-ray imaging system and imaging method78US 7,180,979 B22007
- Method for producing projective and tomographic phase contrast images with the aid of an X-ray system63US 7,646,843 B2Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · 2010
- Correction method for differential phase contrast imaging63US 8,855,265 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V. · 2014