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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2021
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ke Sheng, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/40 (2024.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01); A61B 90/17 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/0435 (2013.01); A61B 6/4085 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 90/17 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2059 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3762 (2016.02);
Abstract
A cone beam CT scanner comprises a receiving section configured to receive a breast of the subject whilst in the supine position, a radiation imaging section comprising an x-ray tube and a detector which face each other and have the receiving section interposed therebetween, and a drive unit operable to move the receiving section to a position suitable for imaging the breast of the subject. A method for breast radiography is also disclosed.