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US09020579B2 System and method for dual energy and/or contrast enhanced breast imaging for screening, diagnosis and biopsy
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用于筛选,诊断和活检的双能量和/或对比度增强乳腺成像的系统和方法
- Patent Title: System and method for dual energy and/or contrast enhanced breast imaging for screening, diagnosis and biopsy
- Patent Title (中): 用于筛选,诊断和活检的双能量和/或对比度增强乳腺成像的系统和方法
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Application No.: US13415675Application Date: 2012-03-08
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Publication No.: US09020579B2Publication Date: 2015-04-28
- Inventor: Andrew P. Smith , Jay A. Stein , Zhenxue Jing , Baorui Ren , Loren Niklason , Christopher Ruth , Ian Shaw
- Applicant: Andrew P. Smith , Jay A. Stein , Zhenxue Jing , Baorui Ren , Loren Niklason , Christopher Ruth , Ian Shaw
- Applicant Address: US MA Bedford
- Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Bedford
- Agency: Cooper & Dunham LLP
- Main IPC: A61B5/05
- IPC: A61B5/05 ; A61B6/02 ; A61B6/12 ; A61B6/00

Abstract:
Systems and methods for x-ray imaging a patient's breast in combinations of dual-energy, single-energy, mammography and tomosynthesis modes that facilitate screening for and diagnosis of breast abnormalities, particularly breast abnormalities characterized by abnormal vascularity.
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