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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2021
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Helmut Gollwitzer, Erbendorf, DE;
Andreas Limmer, Fuerth, DE;
Assignee:
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/0414 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is for compression of breast tissue arranged between a paddle and a stage of a compression system for a mammography examination. The method includes generating a first compression of the breast tissue by building up a reference compression force by adjusting the paddle relative to the stage; comparing the first compression with a target compression; and adjusting the first compression to the target compression, the adjusting including exertion of a manual force on the paddle.