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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2009
Mammography method and apparatus with image data obtained at different degrees of breast compression
Applicant:
Martin Hoheisel, Erlangen, DE;
Inventor:
Martin Hoheisel, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method and apparatus to generate a mammographic image, the apparatus has a radiation source, a digital radiation detector, and support plate and a compression plate between which the breast is compressed during image acquisition. A first image data set depicting the breast is acquired, with a first degree of compression of the breast. A second degree of compression of the breast is set and a second image data set depicting the breast is acquired. The first and second image data sets are linked for the generation of the diagnostic image.