FULL FIELD MAMMOGRAPHY WITH TISSUE EXPOSURE CONTROL, TOMOSYNTHESIS, AND DYNAMIC FIELD OF VIEW PROCESSING

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14479931

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A mammography system using a tissue exposure control relying on estimates of the thickness of the compressed and immobilized breast and of breast density to automatically derive one or more technic factors. The system further uses a tomosynthesis arrangement that maintains the focus of an anti-scatter grid on the x-ray source and also maintains the field of view of the x-ray receptor. Finally, the system finds an outline that forms a reduced field of view that still encompasses the breast in the image, and uses for further processing, transmission or archival storage the data within said reduced field of view.

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HOLOGIC INCMARLBOROUGH MA

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HITZKE, Georgia Saunderstown, US 19 1327
JING, Zhenxue Southbury, US 64 2319
KENNEDY, Donald Bethel, US 10 728
SMITH, Andrew Medford, US 291 13355
STEIN, Jay A Boston, US 101 5881

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