Mammography machine and method for providing an image data set of the breast

Abstract

The invention relates to a mammography machine and a method for providing an image dataset of a breast. A mammography machine is used for radiographic and sonographic imaging of a patient's chest, wherein the mammography machine includes: a first compression device, a second compression device, a support device, an X-ray emitter and an integrated X-ray detector , and an integrated ultrasound transducer, wherein a chest receiving area is provided between the support device and a compression device opposite to the compression device provided with the support device, and the patient's chest can be positioned in the chest receiving area, wherein the support device having an integrated ultrasound transducer and wherein the integrated ultrasound transducer is oriented in the direction of the chest receiving area, wherein the support device and the integrated ultrasound transducer are deformably configured such that they can conform to the deformation of the patient's chest , where the integrated ultrasonic transducer is placed on an elastic substrate.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a mammography machine for radiographic and sonographic imaging of a patient's breast and to a mammography machine for providing radiographic and sonographic image data records of a patient's breast Methods. Background technique [0002] Usually for the screening and diagnosis of breast cancer, mainly X-ray based mammography machines are used, whereby radiographic imaging of a patient's chest is performed. Especially young women have a high proportion of compact breast tissue. The dense breast tissue absorbs X-rays in the radiographic imaging as does the underlying tumor tissue, which makes it difficult to differentiate between the dense breast tissue and the underlying tumor tissue. [0003] Therefore, sonographic imaging of the breast is preferably additionally recommended for patients with dense breast tissue. In particular, the comparison of x-ray absorption-supplemented sonographic imaging enables a reliable diag...

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The radiographic image data sets of the radiographic imaging and the ultrasonographic image data sets of the ultrasonographic imaging are therefore often difficult to review in parallel by a radiologist.

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