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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2014
Applicant:
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Srinivasan Vedantham, Holden, MA (US);
Andrew Karellas, Grafton, MA (US);
Assignee:
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 6/02 (2013.01); A61B 6/04 (2013.01); A61B 6/40 (2013.01); A61B 6/4007 (2013.01); A61B 6/4208 (2013.01); A61B 6/4435 (2013.01); A61B 6/4452 (2013.01); A61B 6/461 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 6/485 (2013.01); A61B 6/5211 (2013.01); A61B 6/54 (2013.01); A61B 6/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides x-ray-based breast imaging systems and related methods that are, for example, applicable to contrast enhanced digital mammography and contrast enhanced digital breast tomosynthesis and allow fast, cost-effective and accurate x-ray imaging.