Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compact sharpening filter for orthovoltage x-rays
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Application No.: US15598716Application Date: 2017-05-18
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Publication No.: US10525286B2Publication Date: 2020-01-07
- Inventor: Jessica Fagerstrom , Edward Bender , Wesley Culberson , Michael Lawless , Benjamin R. M. Palmer , Larry DeWerd
- Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- Applicant Address: US WI Madison
- Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- Current Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Madison
- Agency: Boyle Fredrickson S.C.
- Main IPC: A61N5/10
- IPC: A61N5/10 ; G21K3/00
Abstract:
A sharpening filter for orthovoltage x-ray beams employs a substantially planar filter disk supporting a set of radial symmetric features controlling attenuation of x-ray transmission in concentric circular regions providing increased sharpness of the pencil beams in a compact filter structure that may be tailored to different beam sizes and focus depths.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180333592A1 Compact Sharpening Filter For Orthovoltage X-Rays Public/Granted day:2018-11-22
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