X-ray mammography and/or breast tomosynthesis using a compression paddle
A breast imaging and X-ray technology, which is applied in the field of X-ray sources that emit imaging X-ray beams sexually
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[0035] The articles "a" and "the" mean "one or more" unless otherwise indicated.
[0036] see figure 1 , the patient's breast 10 is fixed between the breast platform 12 and the compression paddle 16 for X-ray imaging. Platform 12 may be an upper surface of housing 14 . At least the underside of the compression paddle 16 is covered with a non-rigid paddle cover, such as preferably an inflatable paddle cover 18 . Platform 12 and paddle 16 constitute a breast immobilizer unit 20 located in the path of an imaging beam 22 emitted from an X-ray source 24 . The beam 22 impinges on an image receptor 26 in the housing 14 .
[0037] The holder 20 and housing 14 are supported on arms 28 . X-ray source 24 is supported on arm 30 . For mammography, the support arms 28 and 30 can be rotated as a unit about an axis, such as the axis at 30a between different imaging orientations such as CC and MLO, so that the system can acquire the mammography target at each orientation The projected i...
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