公开(公告)号：US20190392637A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-26

申请号：US16555925

申请日：2019-08-29

Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.

Inventor： Jin-Long Chen ,  Haili Chui ,  Nikolaos Gkanatsios ,  Kevin Kreeger ,  Julian Marshall ,  David Mislan ,  Mark A. Prazer ,  Xiangwei Zhang

IPC: G06T19/00 ,  A61B6/02 ,  A61B6/00 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06T7/00

Abstract: A system and method for displaying and navigating breast tissue is configured for or includes obtaining a plurality of 2D and/or 3D images of a patient's breast; generating a synthesized 2D image of the breast from the obtained images; displaying the synthesized 2D image; receiving a user command, or otherwise detecting through a user interface, a user selection or other indication of an object or region in the synthesized 2D image; and displaying at least a portion of one or more images from the plurality, including a source image and/or most similar representation of the user selected or indicated object or region.

公开(公告)号：US10508977B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-17

申请号：US15357872

申请日：2016-11-21

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： Erin Coffman ,  Steven Hecht ,  Paul MacLean

IPC: G01N1/34 ,  A01N1/00 ,  G01N1/28 ,  C12N5/071 ,  C08L33/08 ,  C12N5/00

Abstract: A wash solution for remediating lubricant contamination in cytological specimens includes a Tris-based alkaline buffer solution. The buffer solution may be prepared in methanol, and may include a proton-rich protein, or a basic amino acid, such as arginine, lysine, or guanidine. A method for remediating a specimen contaminated with lubricant includes using the wash solution and/or adding a salt to the final vial prior to preparing the microscope slide. The method may include adding the wash solution to the specimen, centrifuging the specimen and wash solution to form a supernatant and cell pellet, decanting the supernatant, and adding a preservative solution to the cell pellet. The method may further include adding salt to a vial containing the preservative solution and cell pellet.

公开(公告)号：US20190350549A1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-21

申请号：US16525959

申请日：2019-07-30

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： Jasjit S. SURI ,  Yajie SUN ,  Roman JANER

IPC: A61B6/00 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06T7/155 ,  G06T7/12 ,  G06T11/00 ,  A61B6/03 ,  A61B8/00 ,  G06T7/168 ,  A61B8/08 ,  G06T7/00

Abstract: A method for use in medical imaging of a patient including, with the patient immobilized with respect to an imaging reference frame, acquiring first digital imaging information including a first region of interest using a first imaging modality; processing the first digital imaging information to identify a feature for analysis; and using a second imaging modality to acquire targeted second imaging information for a second region of interest, the second region of interest corresponding to a subset of the first region of interest, wherein the second region of interest includes the feature for analysis. An apparatus for use in medical imaging comprising structure for immobilizing a patient with respect to an imaging reference frame; a first imaging system for acquiring first digital imaging information including a first region of interest using a first imaging modality; a processor processing the first digital imaging information using a diagnostic tool to identify a feature of interest; and a second imaging system for acquiring second imaging information using a second imaging modality, the second imaging information corresponding to a second region of interest including the feature for analysis.

公开(公告)号：USD866796S1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-12

申请号：US29585523

申请日：2016-11-25

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Designer： Alyssa Mellett ,  Russell Kroll

公开(公告)号：US10456213B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-29

申请号：US16127564

申请日：2018-09-11

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： Kenneth F. Defreitas ,  Ian Shaw ,  John Laviola

IPC: A61B6/02 ,  A61B90/11 ,  A61B6/04 ,  A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/12 ,  A61B10/02 ,  A61B10/04

Abstract: A station for tomotactic-guided biopsy in prone includes a table with an aperture, and a tomosynthesis imaging system. A biopsy gun can be mounted on a stage arm assembly disposed below the table. The imaging system and stage arm assembly can be independently rotated and linearly repositioned in one or more dimensions, thereby allowing the tomotactic scan axis to be located relative to a breast being imaged.

公开(公告)号：US10413263B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-17

申请号：US16013782

申请日：2018-06-20

Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.

Inventor： Christopher Ruth ,  Andrew P. Smith ,  Jay Stein

IPC: A61B6/00 ,  G06T11/00 ,  A61B6/02 ,  G06T11/60 ,  G06T19/20 ,  G06T19/00

Abstract: A 2D mammogram image is synthesized from at least one of tomosynthesis projection images and/or the tomosynthesis reconstructed image data. In a simplest form, the mammogram may be synthesized by selecting one of the tomosynthesis projection images for display as a synthesized mammogram. Other methods of synthesizing a mammogram include re-projecting and filtering projection data and/or reconstructed data. The synthesized mammogram is advantageously displayed together with at least a portion of the reconstructed data to aid in review of the reconstructed data. The present invention thus provides a familiar image which may be used to facilitate review of a tomosynthesis data set.

公开(公告)号：US10390784B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-27

申请号：US15589080

申请日：2017-05-08

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： Kevin Wilson

IPC: A61B6/00

Abstract: A method includes moving a radiation source and a radiation detector along a scan path substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of a patient. A beam of radiation is emitted from the radiation source. The beam of radiation is detected at the radiation detector. The detected beam is processed so as to form a first image of a first area of the patient along the scan path.

公开(公告)号：US10363010B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-30

申请号：US15359903

申请日：2016-11-23

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： Jasjit S Suri ,  Yajie Sun ,  Roman Janer

IPC: A61B6/04 ,  A61B6/00 ,  A61B8/08 ,  G06T7/00 ,  A61B8/00 ,  G06T7/12 ,  G06T7/155 ,  G06T7/168 ,  A61B6/03 ,  G06T11/00

Abstract: A method for use in medical imaging of a patient including, with the patient immobilized with respect to an imaging reference frame, acquiring first digital imaging information including a first region of interest using a first imaging modality; processing the first digital imaging information to identify a feature for analysis; and using a second imaging modality to acquire targeted second imaging information for a second region of interest, the second region of interest corresponding to a subset of the first region of interest, wherein the second region of interest includes the feature for analysis. An apparatus for use in medical imaging comprising structure for immobilizing a patient with respect to an imaging reference frame; a first imaging system for acquiring first digital imaging information including a first region of interest using a first imaging modality; a processor processing the first digital imaging information using a diagnostic tool to identify a feature of interest; and a second imaging system for acquiring second imaging information using a second imaging modality, the second imaging information corresponding to a second region of interest including the feature for analysis.

公开(公告)号：US10357211B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-23

申请号：US14695090

申请日：2015-04-24

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： Andrew P. Smith ,  Jay A. Stein ,  Zhenxue Jing ,  Baorui Ren ,  Loren Niklason ,  Christopher Ruth ,  Ian Shaw

IPC: A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/02 ,  A61M5/00 ,  A61B10/04 ,  A61B6/12

Abstract: Systems and methods for x-ray imaging a patient's breast in combinations of dual-energy, single-energy, mammography and tomosynthesis modes that facilitate screening for and diagnosis of breast abnormalities, particularly breast abnormalities characterized by abnormal vascularity.

公开(公告)号：US10335100B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-02

申请号：US15904782

申请日：2018-02-26

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Farbizio ,  Kenneth F. Defreitas ,  Ian Shaw

IPC: A61B6/02 ,  A61B6/00

Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing X-ray scatter during breast imaging, and more specifically during tomosynthesis imaging. In one embodiment, an anti-scatter grid having a plurality of septa may be configured to be positioned relative to an X-ray imaging device such that each septum of the plurality of septa extends along a direction substantially parallel to a coronal plane of a subject during imaging of the subject using the X-ray imaging device. The X-ray imaging device may be operable in a tomosynthesis mode for imaging of a breast of the subject and may include the anti-scatter grid disposed between a breast platform and the X-ray detector. The anti-scatter grid may be configured to move in a direction substantially parallel to a sagittal plane of the subject during tomosynthesis imaging.