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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2005
Abdulrahman Abdallah Al-khalidy, Latham, NY (US);
Ajay Kapur, New York, NY (US);
Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard, Albany, NY (US);
Henri Souchay, Versailles, FR;
Philip Alexander Shoemaker, Scotia, NY (US);
Abdulrahman Abdallah Al-Khalidy, Latham, NY (US);
Ajay Kapur, New York, NY (US);
Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard, Albany, NY (US);
Henri Souchay, Versailles, FR;
Philip Alexander Shoemaker, Scotia, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a compression paddle comprising a paddle base; and a paddle wallcomprising a first side-wall; and a second side-wall; wherein the first side-walland/or the second side-wallare disposed upon the paddle baseand inclined with respect to the paddle baseat an angle that is effective to permit an x-ray beam uninterrupted access to an object of interest located on an opposing side of the paddle basefrom an x-ray source when an angle between a central axis of the x-ray beam and a vertical taken at an inner surface of the first side-walland/or the inner surface of the second side-wallis about 15 degrees to about 75 degrees.