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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
May. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Oleg Komardin, Moscow, RU;
Pavel Lazarev, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Quanta Vision, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/304 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/304 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for analyzing substances within a breast is disclosed. The apparatus includes a breast positioning area and a beam forming apparatus having a geometry which forms breast penetrating radiation into at least one beam. A detector is configured to detect a scattering pattern of the portion of the breast which scatters radiation from the at least one beam when the breast is positioned within the breast positioning area.