Siemens Healthcare Gmbh

Siemens Healthineers Ag

Peter Michael Dueppenbecker

Oliver Schmidt

Marcus Radicke

Christoph Hohl

A gantry of a computed tomography system is rotated relative to a fixed base body of the computed tomography system. During the rotation of the gantry, digital data is transmitted between the gantry and the base body from a data source via a modulator, a transmission channel and a demodulator to a data sink. A transmission signal generated by the modulator by modulating a data stream supplied to the modulator from the data source is pre-distorted by a pre-distortion facility. The pre-distorted transmission signal is supplied to the transmission channel. Alternatively, or in addition, a transmitted signal transmitted via the transmission channel is post-distorted by a post-distortion facility and the post-distorted signal is supplied to the demodulator. The pre-distortion rule and/or the post-distortion rule are repeatedly reset by a setting facility during the rotation of the gantry.

Computed tomography system with improved data transmission

A mammography installation includes a first compression device; a second compression device including an integrated X-ray detector; an X-ray emitter; a support device, arranged at the first compression device or at the second compression device, and including an integrated ultrasound transducer, the support device and the integrated ultrasound transducer being designed to be deformable so as to be adaptable to the breast of a patient, the integrated ultrasound transducer being arranged on an elastic substrate; and a breast locating region, provided between the support device and the first compression device or the second compression device that is situated opposite the first compression device or the second compression device at which the support device is arranged. The breast of the patient is positionable in the breast locating region. Further, the integrated ultrasound transducer is oriented in a direction of the breast locating region.

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Herzogenaurach, Germany

Peter Michael Dueppenbecker