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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
May. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Inventor:
Shusheng He, Newark, DE (US);
Assignee:
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/42 (2013.01); A61B 6/06 (2013.01); A61B 6/4435 (2013.01); A61B 6/4476 (2013.01); A61B 6/483 (2013.01); A61B 6/4071 (2013.01); A61B 6/4078 (2013.01); A61B 6/4458 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus including an x-ray source and detector where the source is disposed behind the detector and the detector is configured with a hole through which an x-ray beam emitted by the source can be transmitted to target tissue is provided. During operation, the source emits an x-ray beam through the hole in the detector. The x-ray beam may then be incident on an area of a subject to be imaged and cause various reflections and/or absorptions. The detector can detect signals reflected by the subject and an x-ray image can be generated accordingly.