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Patent No.:

US 12144668 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2021

Upright x-ray breast imaging with a ct mode, multiple tomosynthesis modes, and a mammography mode

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:

Merchant & Gould P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Courtney D Thomas

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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Smith, Andrew. (2024). Upright x-ray breast imaging with a ct mode, multiple tomosynthesis modes, and a mammography mode (U.S. Patent No. 12144668). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12144668

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