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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2012
U-systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Douglas G. Summers, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shih-Ping Wang, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jiayu Chen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tor C. Anderson, Mountain View, CA (US);
U-Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Versatile ultrasound scanning of a breast is described using an apparatus () including a hand-manipulable compression/scanning assembly (). The compression/scanning assembly () comprises an ultrasound transducer () and a compressive member comprising an at least partially conformable membrane () in a substantially taut state, the membrane () having a first surface compressing the breast in a generally chestward direction and a second surface opposite the first surface. The compression/scanning assembly () further comprises a transducer translation mechanism coupled to the ultrasound transducer () and configured to sweep the ultrasound transducer across the second surface of the membrane to scan the breast while compressed in the generally chestward direction. Systemized and/or standardized ultrasonic scanning of a breast based on hand-manipulable scanners () having substantially planar scanning surfaces is also described.