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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2021
Applicant:
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew P. Smith, Lexington, MA (US);
Jay A. Stein, Boston, MA (US);
Ken Defreitas, Patterson, NY (US);
Ian Shaw, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Zhenxue Jing, Chadds Ford, PA (US);
Loren Niklason, N. Tetonia, ID (US);
Baorui Ren, Andover, MA (US);
Christopher Ruth, Boxford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/50 (2024.01); A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/40 (2024.01); A61B 6/46 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 6/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/027 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/04 (2013.01); A61B 6/0414 (2013.01); A61B 6/405 (2013.01); A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61B 6/4447 (2013.01); A61B 6/461 (2013.01); A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/466 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/5235 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multi-mode system and method for imaging a patient's breast with x-rays in one or more of a CT mode, a narrow-angle tomosynthesis mode, a wide angle tomosynthesis mode, and a mammography mode, using essentially the same equipment, on one or more compressions or immobilizations of the breast.