公开(公告)号：US20180228457A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-16

申请号：US15951077

申请日：2018-04-11

Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Inventor： Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller ,  Virginie Alexandra Corre ,  Aurelie Boudier ,  Razvan Gabriel Iordache

IPC: A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/04

Abstract: An imaging system and related method are provided. The imaging system comprises a surface configured to support a portion of a patient's body, compression paddle configured to compress the portion of a patient's body against the surface, the compression paddle movable between an upper position and a lower position; and a compression control in direct or indirect communication with the compression paddle and configured to effectuate displacement of the compression paddle to any position between and including the upper position and the lower position upon receiving a patient input or command. The system may further comprise a feedback device configured to provide, to the patient, information indicative of the quality of the image that would be achieved at a corresponding compression paddle position to assist the patient in selecting a desirable compression paddle position.

公开(公告)号：US10032294B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-24

申请号：US14978460

申请日：2015-12-22

Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Inventor： Sylvain Bernard ,  Razvan Gabriel Iordache ,  Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller ,  Giovanni John Jacques Palma ,  Ann-Katherine Carton ,  Pablo Milioni de Carvalho

IPC: G06T11/00 ,  A61B6/02 ,  A61B6/00

Abstract: Method and system for obtaining tomosynthesis and material decomposition images of an object of interest using a system comprising an x-ray source facing a detector. The method comprises generating a 2D material decomposition image of an object of interest from at least two sets of acquisitions. Each set is performed at a different energy spectrum and comprises at least one projection image or a plurality of projection images acquired at different x-ray source angulation positions, and the 2D material decomposition image can be generated for a predetermined orientation selected from one of said different x-ray source angulation positions or from a virtual orientation. At least one of the plurality of 3D volume portion images and/or the 2D contrast enhanced material decomposition image are displayed for review by a health care professional.

公开(公告)号：US20160183899A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-30

申请号：US14984865

申请日：2015-12-30

Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Inventor： Laurence Vancamberg ,  Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller ,  Razvan Gabriel Iordache ,  Aurélie Boudier

IPC: A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/04

CPC classification number: A61B6/4458 ,  A61B6/025 ,  A61B6/0407 ,  A61B6/0414 ,  A61B6/0457 ,  A61B6/102 ,  A61B6/12 ,  A61B6/4429 ,  A61B6/4476 ,  A61B6/502 ,  A61B6/587 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B90/50 ,  A61N5/1083 ,  B25J9/0084 ,  B25J9/0087 ,  B25J9/06 ,  B25J9/1682 ,  G01N2223/321 ,  Y10S901/06 ,  Y10S901/16

Abstract: A device and a related mammography method employing the device are described. The device comprises an x-ray source, an x-ray detector placed under a support plate for supporting an object and arranged to detect the x-rays coming from the x-ray source after they have passed through the object, and a positioning assembly with an arm having multiple degrees of freedom which is a collaborative robot for positioning the x-ray source with respect to the support plate. A method for performing an imaging procedure, which includes placing an object of interest on the support plate; moving the x-ray source relative to the object of interest along a non-planar trajectory to avoid collision with the object; and activating the x-ray source and the x-ray detector so as to detect the x-rays coming from the x-ray source after they have passed through the object, thus obtaining a set of x-ray images.

Abstract translation: 描述了使用该装置的装置和相关的乳房摄影方法。 该装置包括x射线源，X射线检测器，放置在用于支撑物体的支撑板下方，并被布置成在X射线源穿过物体之后检测来自X射线源的X射线，以及定位组件 具有多个自由度的臂，其是用于相对于支撑板定位x射线源的协作机器人。 一种用于执行成像过程的方法，其包括将感兴趣对象放置在支撑板上; 沿着非平面轨迹相对于感兴趣对象移动x射线源以避免与物体的碰撞; 并且激活X射线源和X射线检测器，以便在X射线源通过物体之后检测来自X射线源的X射线，从而获得一组x射线图像。