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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2011
Applicants:
Susanne Madeline Lee, Cohoes, NY (US);
Aurelie Boudier, Bois d'Arcy, FR;
Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller, Guyancourt, FR;
Inventors:
Susanne Madeline Lee, Cohoes, NY (US);
Aurelie Boudier, Bois d'Arcy, FR;
Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller, Guyancourt, FR;
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); G21K 1/06 (2006.01); H01J 35/06 (2006.01); A61B 6/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 6/588 (2013.01); B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); G21K 1/06 (2013.01); H01J 35/06 (2013.01); A61B 6/08 (2013.01); A61B 6/4021 (2013.01); G21K 2201/061 (2013.01); G21K 2201/064 (2013.01); H01J 2235/068 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mammograph is provided. The mammograph includes a source of X-rays; a detector of X-rays, the source being configured to emit at least one beam of X-rays to the detector; and an optic control device configured to control the direction of X-rays emitted by the source such that the X-rays emitted by the source are substantially parallel to one another.