Jay Stein;Baorui Ren;Kenneth F. Defreitas;Andrew P. Smith;Zhenxue Jing
发明人:
Baorui Ren,Andrew P. Smith,Zhenxue Jing,Jay Stein,Kenneth F. Defreitas
申请号：
US12150539
公开号：
US20120093285A9
申请日:
2008.04.28
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
A method and an apparatus for estimating a geometric thickness of a breast in mammography/tomosynthesis or in other x-ray procedures, by imaging markers that are in the path of x-rays passing through the imaged object. The markings can be selected to be visible or to be invisible when the composite markings/breast image is viewed in clinical settings. If desired, the contribution of the markers to the image can be removed through further processing. The resulting information can be used determining the geometric thickness of the body being x-rayed and thus setting imaging parameters that are thickness-related, and for other purposes. The method and apparatus also have application in other types of x-ray imaging.
