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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Susanne Dornberger, Erlangen, DE;
Thomas Mertelmeier, Erlangen, DE;
Ralf Nanke, Neunkirchen am Brand, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/54 (2013.01); A61B 6/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/0414 (2013.01); A61B 6/4028 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 6/544 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a mammography apparatus, a deflection of an x-ray source aligned on a radiation detector is predetermined depending on the size of a breast compressed in the compression unit and/or the density of the breast tissue. Given an increasing deflection on an arc-shaped trajectory of the x-ray source, the compression of the breast is reduced at least once so that the path of the x-rays through the breast stays within a predetermined path length, starting from a first compression in a first x-ray acquisition.