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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Marcus Radicke, Veitsbronn, DE;
Thomas Mertelmeier, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/0414 (2013.01); A61B 6/4417 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 8/0825 (2013.01); A61B 8/403 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 8/4281 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an apparatus and associated method, by analyzing video images of compression of a breast of a patient in a compression unit, an actual contact-area of the tissue of the breast of the patient, which tissue is pushed onto a gauze of a compression element of the compression unit, is increased by changing a volume. As such, a pressure is increased, in at least one sub-chamber of a positioning unit integrated in the compression unit, such that the actual contact-area matches a first area, which is the maximum possible based on an outer contour of the breast.