Kenneth F. DeFreitas,Baorui Ren,Chris Ruth,Ian Shaw,Andrew P. Smith,Jay A. Stein
申请号：
US12879807
公开号：
US08452379B2
申请日:
2010.09.10
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
A method and system for producing tomosynthetic images of a patients breast. An x-ray source that delivers x-rays through a breast immobilized and compressed between a compression paddle and a breast platform and form an image at a digital x-ray receptor panel. Multiple x-ray images are taken as the x-ray source and the receptor move relative to the immobilized breast. In one preferred embodiment, the x-ray source travels from −15° to +15°. The source can travel in an arc around the breast while the receptor travels linearly while remaining parallel and at the same distance from the breast platform. The sets of x-ray image data taken at different angles are combined to form tomosynthetic images that can be viewed in different formats, alone or as an adjunct to conventional mammograms.
