Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for breast imaging
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Application No.: US15396959Application Date: 2017-01-03
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Publication No.: US10646180B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg Davis , Ying Mao , Paul Langford Carson , Oliver Daniel Kripfgans , Jeffrey Brian Fowlkes
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Fletcher Yoder, P.C.
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00 ; A61B6/04 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B8/00

Abstract:
An imaging assembly includes a compression system configured to receive and compress an object to be imaged. The compression system includes a first compression paddle and a second compression paddle. The imaging assembly further includes an ultrasound system including a first ultrasound probe coupled to the first compression paddle. The first ultrasound probe is configured to acquire a first portion of the ultrasound image information of the object. The ultrasound system also includes a second ultrasound probe coupled to the second compression paddle. The second ultrasound probe is configured to acquire a second portion of the ultrasound image information of the object.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180184999A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BREAST IMAGING Public/Granted day:2018-07-05
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