ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,874, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Controller for a CT scanner" was invented by Roland Proksa (Neu Wulmstorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller and method are for configuring operation of a kVp-s witching spectral CT imaging apparatus which, in at least one mode, aims to mimic the user-side operating workflow of a conventional non-spectral CT scanner. The controller receives user-defined settings associated with operation of a non-spectral CT system, comprising a desired peak tube voltage and desired tube current. Based on these user-specified inputs, the cont...