| US 7,466,795 B2 | ||
| Tomographic mammography method | ||
| Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard, Albany, N.Y. (US); Bernhard Erich Hermann Claus, Niskayuna, N.Y. (US); Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg, Clifton Park, N.Y. (US); Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller, Guyancourt (France); Yann Delmas, Coubevoie (France); Reinhold Franz Wirth, Ballston Spa, N.Y. (US); and James George Morrow, Wauwatosa, Wis. (US) | ||
| Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 29, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/511,644. | ||
| Application 11/511644 is a continuation of application No. 10/248007, filed on Dec. 10, 2002, granted, now 7,110,490. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0291618 A1, Dec. 28, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); H05G 1/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 378—37 [378/23; 378/25; 378/197] | 22 Claims |
| 1. A method of X-ray imaging a patient's breast comprising:
disposing the breast on a breast support to position the breast between an X-ray source and the detector; and
imaging the breast with X-rays from the source that pass through the breast and impinge on the detector, from a number of
different positions of the source and detector relative to the breast, to generate image data from the respective positions;
wherein the detector is moved relative to the breast generally in a plane and independently of the breast support and the
source is moved relative to the breast to direct radiation towards the detector from a number of source positions, including
a position generally perpendicular to the detector.
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