ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,085, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Determination of X-ray tube current" was invented by Helmut Gerhard Schmucker (Hamburg, Germany) and Arnfinn Richard Christian Hylla (Regesbostel, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a computer-implemented method of determining a tube current during X-ray kVp switching. The method includes generating (110) a calibration tube voltage pulse during a calibration phase, wherein the calibration tube voltage pulse comprises a first kVp plateau and a second kVp plateau different from the first kVp plateau; measuring (120),...