Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Upright x-ray breast imaging with a CT mode, multiple tomosynthesis modes, and a mammography mode
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Application No.: US16720111Application Date: 2019-12-19
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Publication No.: US11191502B2Publication Date: 2021-12-07
- Inventor: Andrew P. Smith , Jay A. Stein , Ken Defreitas , Ian Shaw , Zhenxue Jing , Loren Niklason , Baorui Ren , Christopher Ruth
- Applicant: Hologic, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Marlborough
- Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Marlborough
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00 ; A61B6/02 ; A61B6/04 ; A61B6/03
Abstract:
A multi-mode system and method for imaging a patient's breast with x-rays in one or more of a CT mode, a narrow-angle tomosynthesis mode, a wide angle tomosynthesis mode, and a mammography mode, using essentially the same equipment, on one or more compressions or immobilizations of the breast.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200146644A1 UPRIGHT X-RAY BREAST IMAGING WITH A CT MODE, MULTIPLE TOMOSYNTHESIS MODES, AND A MAMMOGRAPHY MODE Public/Granted day:2020-05-14
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