X-ray mammography with tomosynthesis

K Defreitas, B Ren, I Shaw, C Ruth, AP Smith… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
A method and system for producing tomosynthetic images of a patient's breast. An x-ray
source that delivers x-rays through a breast immobilized and compressed between a …

Full field mammography with tissue exposure control, tomosynthesis, and dynamic field of view processing

Z Jing, G Hitzke, D Kennedy, A Smith… - US Patent 10,959,694, 2021 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A mammography system using a tissue exposure control relying on
estimates of the thickness of the compressed and immobilized breast and of breast density …

Integrated multi-mode mammography/tomosynthesis x-ray system and method

K Defreitas, T Farbizio, B Ren, C Ruth, I Shaw… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system for multi-mode breast x-ray imaging which com prises a
compression arm assembly for compressing and immobilizing a breast for x-ray imaging, an …

Computed tomography system for imaging multiple anatomical targets

CL Williams - US Patent 10,881,359, 2021 - Google Patents
Methods and systems for imaging anatomical portions of a patient. A method includes
moving a radiation source and a detector at least partially around a longitudinal axis of the …

Generating synthesized projection images for 3D breast tomosynthesis or multi-mode x-ray breast imaging

Y Zhang, Z Jing, C Ruth - US Patent 11,090,017, 2021 - Google Patents
Methods and systems for medical imaging including synthesizing virtual projections from
acquired real projections and generating reconstruction models and images based on the …

Tomosynthesis with shifting focal spot x-ray system using an addressable array

AP Smith, J LaViola - US Patent 11,076,820, 2021 - Google Patents
A tomosynthesis system has an x-ray source with an addressable array of electron emitting
sections on the cathode. The x-ray source moves rotationally about an imaging target, such …

Bone densitometer

K Wilson - US Patent 10,966,678, 2021 - Google Patents
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00(2006.01)(52) US Cl. CPC A61B 6/5211 (2013.01); A61B 6/4452
(2013.01); A61B 6/505 (2013.01)(58) Field of Classification Search CPC GOIN 23/00; GOIN …

Methods for physiological state determination in body scans

K Wilson, T Kelly - US Patent 11,058,380, 2021 - Google Patents
A system for measuring muscle mass of a patient has a dual-energy radiation emission
source. A radiation detector is configured to detect radiation emitted from the dual-energy …

Integrated multi-mode mammography/tomosynthesis x-ray system and method

K Defreitas, T Farbizio, B Ren, C Ruth, I Shaw… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
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BANK OF AMERICA, NA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT SECURITY INTEREST (SEE …

Image handling and display in x-ray mammography and tomosynthesis

N Gkanatsios, L Niklason, I Shaw, C Ruth… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
A method and system for acquiring, processing, storing, and displaying x-ray mammograms
Mp tomosynthesis images Tr representative of breast slices, and x-ray tomosynthesis …