公开(公告)号：US12029602B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-09

申请号：US17745189

申请日：2022-05-16

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： Andrew P. Smith ,  Julian Marshall

IPC: A61B6/50 ,  A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/02 ,  A61B6/04 ,  A61B6/46 ,  A61B10/00

CPC classification number: A61B6/502 ,  A61B6/025 ,  A61B6/0414 ,  A61B6/463 ,  A61B6/481 ,  A61B6/482 ,  A61B6/5235 ,  A61B6/465 ,  A61B10/0041

Abstract: A method of performing a procedure on a breast of a patient includes compressing the breast of the patient with a paddle of an imaging system and performing an initial imaging procedure on the breast of the patient. The initial imaging procedure includes imaging the breast with an x-ray source at a first energy to obtain a first image and a second energy to obtain a second image. A composite image is generated from the first image and the second image and displayed. A region of interest on the composite image is targeted and a biopsy is performed.

公开(公告)号：US11617548B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-04

申请号：US17137032

申请日：2020-12-29

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： Kenneth DeFreitas ,  Thomas Farbizio ,  Baorui Ren ,  Christopher Ruth ,  Ian Shaw ,  Andrew P. Smith ,  Jay Stein

IPC: A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/02 ,  A61B6/10

Abstract: A system for multi-mode breast x-ray imaging which comprises a compression arm assembly for compressing and immobilizing a breast for x-ray imaging, an x-ray tube assembly, and an x-ray image receptor is provided. The system is configured for a plurality of imaging protocols and modes.

公开(公告)号：US20230053489A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-23

申请号：US17869235

申请日：2022-07-20

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： Kevin Kreeger ,  Andrew P. Smith ,  Ashwini Kshirsagar ,  Jun Ge ,  Xiangwei Zhang ,  Haili Chui ,  Christopher Ruth ,  Yiheng Zhang ,  Liyang Wei ,  Jay Stein

IPC: G09G5/377 ,  G06T11/00 ,  A61B6/02 ,  G06T7/30 ,  A61B6/00

Abstract: The invention includes a method including the steps of obtaining a plurality of images, each of the images in the plurality having at least one corresponding region, generating a merged image, the merged image also having the corresponding region. The step of generating includes selecting an image source from the plurality of images to source image data for the corresponding region in the merged image by comparing attributes of the corresponding regions of the plurality of images to identify the image source having preferred attributes.

公开(公告)号：US11191502B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-07

申请号：US16720111

申请日：2019-12-19

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

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

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.

公开(公告)号：US10905385B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-02

申请号：US16266823

申请日：2019-02-04

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： Kenneth DeFreitas ,  Thomas Farbizio ,  Baorui Ren ,  Christopher Ruth ,  Ian Shaw ,  Andrew P. Smith ,  Jay Stein

IPC: A61B6/10 ,  A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/02

Abstract: A system for multi-mode breast x-ray imaging which comprises a compression arm assembly for compressing and immobilizing a breast for x-ray imaging, an x-ray tube assembly, and an x-ray image receptor is provided. The system is configured for a plurality of imaging protocols and modes.

公开(公告)号：US10792003B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-06

申请号：US16155279

申请日：2018-10-09

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

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

IPC: A61B6/00 ,  G06T11/00 ,  A61B6/02 ,  A61B6/04 ,  A61B6/10

Abstract: Systems and methods for breast x-ray tomosynthesis that enhance spatial resolution in the direction in which the breast is flattened for examination. In addition to x-ray data acquisition of 2D projection tomosynthesis images ETp1 over a shorter source trajectory similar to known breast tomosynthesis, supplemental 2D images ETp2 are taken over a longer source trajectory and the two sets of projection images are processed into breast slice images ETr that exhibit enhanced spatial resolution, including in the thickness direction of the breast. Additional features include breast CT of an upright patient's flattened breast, multi-mode tomosynthesis, and shielding the patient from moving equipment.

公开(公告)号：US20200258479A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-13

申请号：US16792182

申请日：2020-02-14

Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.

Inventor： Kevin Kreeger ,  Andrew P. Smith ,  Ashwini Kshirsagar ,  Jun Ge ,  Yiheng Zhang ,  Haili Chui ,  Christopher Ruth ,  Xiangwei Zhang ,  Liyang Wei ,  Jay Stein

IPC: G09G5/377 ,  A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/02 ,  G06T11/00 ,  G06T7/30

Abstract: The invention includes a method including the steps of obtaining a plurality of images, each of the images in the plurality having at least one corresponding region, generating a merged image, the merged image also having the corresponding region. The step of generating includes selecting an image source from the plurality of images to source image data for the corresponding region in the merged image by comparing attributes of the corresponding regions of the plurality of images to identify the image source having preferred attributes.

公开(公告)号：US10679095B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-09

申请号：US16369176

申请日：2019-03-29

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： Baorui Ren ,  Christopher Ruth ,  Andrew P. Smith ,  Kevin Wilson ,  Jay A. Stein

IPC: G06K9/62 ,  G06T7/30 ,  G06T3/00 ,  G06T11/00 ,  A61B6/00 ,  G06T11/60

Abstract: A method and a system for using tomosynthesis projection images of a patient's breast to reconstruct slice tomosynthesis images such that anatomical structures that appear superimposed in a mammogram are at conforming locations in the reconstructed images.

公开(公告)号：US10561387B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-18

申请号：US15719852

申请日：2017-09-29

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

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

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.

公开(公告)号：US20200022663A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-23

申请号：US16515448

申请日：2019-07-18

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： Baorui Ren ,  Andrew P. Smith ,  Zhenxue Jing ,  Jay Stein ,  Kenneth F. Defreitas

IPC: A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/04

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for estimating a geometric thickness of a breast in mammography/tomosynthesis or in other x-ray procedures, by imaging markers that are in the path of x-rays passing through the imaged object. The markings can be selected to be visible or to be invisible when the composite markings/breast image is viewed in clinical settings. If desired, the contribution of the markers to the image can be removed through further processing. The resulting information can be used determining the geometric thickness of the body being x-rayed and thus setting imaging parameters that are thickness-related, and for other purposes. The method and apparatus also have application in other types of x-ray imaging.