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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew P. Smith, Lexington, MA (US);
Julian Marshall, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 6/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/0414 (2013.01); A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/5235 (2013.01); A61B 6/465 (2013.01); A61B 10/0041 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of performing a procedure on a breast of a patient includes compressing the breast of the patient with a paddle of an imaging system and performing an initial imaging procedure on the breast of the patient. The initial imaging procedure includes imaging the breast with an x-ray source at a first energy to obtain a first image and a second energy to obtain a second image. A composite image is generated from the first image and the second image and displayed. A region of interest on the composite image is targeted and a biopsy is performed.