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EP1000408 - COMPUTER TOMAGRAPHY METHOD WITH HELICAL SCANNING OF AN EXAMINATION AREA [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2000/20]COMPUTER TOMAGRAPHY METHOD WITH HELICOIDAL SCANNING OF AN EXAMINATION AREA
[2002/15]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  13.06.2003
Database last updated on 15.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip26.06.2009Change - representativepublished on 29.07.2009  [2009/31]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
Groenewoudseweg 1
5621 BA Eindhoven / NL
[N/P]
Former [2000/20]For all designated states
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
Groenewoudseweg 1
5621 BA Eindhoven / NL
Inventor(s)01 / DANIELSSON, Per-Erik
Prof. Holstlaan 6
NL-5656 AA Eindhoven / NL
[2000/20]
Representative(s)Volmer, Georg, et al
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards GmbH
Postfach 50 04 42
52088 Aachen / DE
[N/P]
Former [2009/31]Volmer, Georg, et al
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards GmbH Postfach 50 04 42
52088 Aachen / DE
Former [2003/05]Volmer, Georg, Dipl.-Ing., et al
Philips Corporate Intellectual Property GmbH, Postfach 50 04 42
52088 Aachen / DE
Former [2000/20]Hartmann, Heinrich, Dipl.-Ing., et al
Philips Corporate Intellectual Property GmbH, Habsburgerallee 11
52064 Aachen / DE
Application number, filing date99900068.012.01.1999
[2000/20]
WO1999IB00027
Priority number, dateWO1998SE0002913.01.1998         Original published format: PCT/SE98/00029
[2000/20]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9936885
Date:22.07.1999
Language:DE
[1999/29]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1000408
Date:17.05.2000
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.07.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/20]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1000408
Date:07.08.2002
Language:DE
[2002/32]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP22.07.1999
ClassificationIPC:G06T11/00
[2000/20]
CPC:
G06T11/003 (EP)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   NL [2000/20]
TitleGerman:COMPUTERTOMOGRAPHIE-VERFAHREN MIT HELIXFÖRMIGER ABTASTUNG EINES UNTERSUCHUNGSBEREICHS[2000/20]
English:COMPUTER TOMAGRAPHY METHOD WITH HELICAL SCANNING OF AN EXAMINATION AREA[2002/15]
French:PROCEDE DE TOMOGRAPHIE AVEC BALAYAGE HELICOIDAL D'UNE ZONE D'EXAMEN[2002/15]
Former [2000/20]COMPUTER TOMAGRAPHY METHOD WITH HELICOIDAL SCANNING OF AN EXAMINATION AREA
Former [2000/20]PROCEDE DE COMPUTOTOMOGRAPHIE AVEC BALAYAGE HELICOIDAL D'UNE ZONE D'EXAMEN
Entry into regional phase13.10.1999National basic fee paid 
13.10.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
24.01.2000Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.01.2000Examination requested  [2000/20]
29.10.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.01.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.03.2002Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
10.05.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
31.05.2002Fee for grant paid
31.05.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)08.05.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2003/31]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.01.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
31.01.2002Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipNL07.08.2002
[2003/09]
Cited inInternational search[A]EP0773042  (WISCONSIN ALUMNI RES FOUND [US]) [A] 1,6 * page 11, line 20 - line 31 *;
 [PX]WO9830980  (EDHOLM PAUL [SE], et al) [PX] 1-7 * abstract * * page 10, line 20 - page 14, line 30; figure 1 *;
 [A]  - WU C ET AL, "ANALYTIC RECONSTRUCTION FOR HELICAL-ORBIT CONE-BEAM SPECT", RECORD OF THE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM AND MEDICAL IMAGING CONFERE, SAN FRANCISCO, OCT. 30 - NOV. 6, 1993, INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, (19931030), vol. 3, pages 1510 - 1514, XP000462618 [A] 1,6 * page 1511, column L, paragraph B - column R, paragraph C *
 [A]  - KUDO H ET AL, "Feasible cone beam scanning methods for exact reconstruction in three-dimensional tomography", JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA A (OPTICS AND IMAGE SCIENCE), DEC. 1990, USA, ISSN 0740-3232, vol. 7, no. 12, pages 2169 - 2183, XP002102879
 [A]  - KUDO H ET AL, "Cone-beam filtered-backprojection algorithm for truncated helical data", PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, OCT. 1998, IOP PUBLISHING, UK, ISSN 0031-9155, vol. 43, no. 10, pages 2885 - 2909, XP002102880

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/43/10/016
ExaminationUS5257183
 US5390112
    - SCHALLER S. ET AL, "A new Approximate Algorithm for Image Reconstruction in Cone-Beam Spiral CT at Small Cone-Angles", IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM, ANAHEIM CA, (1996), pages 1703 - 1709
    - SCHALLER S. ET AL, "New, efficient Fourier-reconstruction method for approximate image reconstruction in spiral cone-beam CT at small cone angles", PROC. OF SPIE MED. IMAGING CONFERENCE, NEWPORT BEACH CA, (19970222), pages 213 - 224
by applicantDE19545778
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