Breast Tomosynthesis System With Shifting Face Shield

Breast Tomosynthesis System With Shifting Face Shield

Breast imaging using any one of a mammography system, a tomosynthesis system, or a fused system that selectively takes either or both of mammography images and tomosynthesis images, further uses a patient shield that moves closer to and further away from the patient's chest and head, between (1...

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Hauptverfasser: PICKETT KATHLEEN, DEFREITAS KEN, HITZKE GEORGIA, FARBIZIO TOM, GKANATSIOS NIKOLAOS, GIRGENTI JOHN, STANGO TIM
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
DIAGNOSIS
ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
ELECTRICITY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:Breast imaging using any one of a mammography system, a tomosynthesis system, or a fused system that selectively takes either or both of mammography images and tomosynthesis images, further uses a patient shield that moves closer to and further away from the patient's chest and head, between (1) an access position that facilitates the technologist's access to adjust the patient's breast while the breast is being compressed and (b) a protective position in which the shield helps protect the patient from collision with moving components and from x-ray exposure of tissue other than the tissue that is to be imaged.