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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth DeFreitas, Patterson, NY (US);
Thomas Farbizio, Newtown, CT (US);
Baorui Ren, Andover, MA (US);
Christopher Ruth, Boxford, MA (US);
Ian Shaw, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Andrew P. Smith, Lexington, MA (US);
Jay Stein, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/10 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/107 (2013.01); A61B 6/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/4417 (2013.01); A61B 6/4452 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 6/4291 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30068 (2013.01);
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, an x-ray image receptor, and a patient shield is provided. The system is configured for a plurality of imaging protocols and modes.