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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2018
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/0414 (2013.01); A61B 6/0435 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 6/544 (2013.01); A61B 5/0053 (2013.01); A61B 5/708 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30068 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mammography apparatus includes a support plate for supporting a breast of a patient, a compression plate movable toward and away from the support plate for compressing the breast against the support plate, and a controller configured to control movement of the compression plate toward and away from the support plate. The controller is configured to adjust at least one of a rate of compression and a pressure applied to the breast based on a measurement of at least one of a diastolic pressure and a systolic pressure of the patient taken during at least one of a compression phase and a clamping phase of the mammography apparatus.