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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg Davis, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ying Mao, Burlingame, CA (US);
Paul Langford Carson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Oliver Daniel Kripfgans, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jeffrey Brian Fowlkes, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An imaging assembly includes a compression system configured to receive and compress an object to be imaged. The compression system includes a first compression paddle and a second compression paddle. The imaging assembly further includes an ultrasound system including a first ultrasound probe coupled to the first compression paddle. The first ultrasound probe is configured to acquire a first portion of the ultrasound image information of the object. The ultrasound system also includes a second ultrasound probe coupled to the second compression paddle. The second ultrasound probe is configured to acquire a second portion of the ultrasound image information of the object.