US Patent Issued to GE Precision Healthcare on April 14 for "Speed variable TDS operation in x-ray imaging systems" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,348, issued on April 14, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Speed variable TDS operation in x-ray imaging systems" was invented by Adam Manders (Madison, Wis.), Michael R. Buchholz (McFarland, Wis.) and James Wear (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "TDS (Time-Delayed Summation) acquisition systems and methods may be used within various imaging device and systems, such as a densitometry system with highly pixelated 2-D detectors and compact x-ray fan beam that scans patients in a rastering pattern across the patient axis. An improved system and method is described for extending the usability of ...