Mammography system and method employing offset compression paddles, automatic collimation, and retractable anti-scatter grid

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PATENT NO 11317878
APP PUB NO 20200390405A1
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17001349

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A mammographic imaging system is optimized for use with a single fixed size flat panel digital image receptor. It accommodates compression devices (paddles) of varying sizes, and positions them properly in a field of view of the image receptor. When a compression paddle with size smaller than the field of view of the image receptor is used, the compression paddle can be shifted laterally in the direction parallel to the chest wall, so as to facilitate different views of different size breasts, and permit the image receptor to image as much of the desired tissue as passible. An automatic X-ray collimator restricts the X-ray illumination of the breast in accordance with the compression paddle size and location in the field of view. An anti-scatter grid, mounted inside the image receptor enclosure, just below the top cover of the enclosure, can be retracted out of the field of view of the image receptor for use in magnification imaging.

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Defreitas, Kenneth Patterson, US 46 1441
Farbizio, Thomas A Newtown, US 11 767
Hitzke, Georgia Boston, US 19 1563
Janer, Roman Commerce Township, US 21 851
Pellegrino, Anthony New Fairfield, US 19 1466

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