426 patents
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Systems and Methods for Confirming Tissue Specimens Removed Using Contrast-enhanced X-ray Imaging
18 Jan 24
For a biopsy guided by contrast-enhanced x-ray imaging, a breast imaging system may image a patient's breast subsequent to injection of contrast agent to locate a site for biopsy and/or position a biopsy device relative to the site.
David WOLFF, Stewart SCHIFFMAN
Filed: 31 Aug 21
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Systems and Methods for Determining Performance of a Breast Compression Paddle
18 Jan 24
A method of determining performance characteristics of a breast compression paddle utilized in a breast imaging system includes receiving a force application signal, wherein the force application signal is associated with an application of a compressive force by the breast imaging system with the breast compression paddle to a breast of a patient.
Guoyun RU
Filed: 26 Aug 21
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AI System for Predicting Reading Time and Reading Complexity for Reviewing 2D/3D Breast Images
18 Jan 24
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for predicting the reading time and/or reading complexity of a breast image.
Ashwini KSHIRSAGAR, Haili CHUI, Nikolaos GKANATSIOS, Adora DSOUZA, Xiangwei ZHANG
Filed: 18 May 23
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MRI display output reflecting contrast agent concentration as a function of time
16 Jan 24
A magnetic resonant imaging (MRI) review workstation includes a control processor, and a display integrated or otherwise operatively coupled with the control processor, wherein the control processor is configured to receive and analyze magnetic resonant imaging information pertaining to an imaged volume of tissue, and to cause to be displayed on the display output information that reflects or is otherwise indicative of an absorption rate of a contrast agent in the volume of tissue.
Jiachao Liang, Jimmy R. Roehrig
Filed: 2 May 22
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Systems and methods for visualizing below an opaque compression paddle
9 Jan 24
A system for imaging a breast includes a gantry and a tube head rotatably coupled thereto.
Jeffrey Harold Paige
Filed: 20 Oct 22
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Biopsy device with aspiration valve
2 Jan 24
A biopsy device includes an instrument set and an instrument drive unit removably coupled to the instrument set.
Peter Wolton, Daniel Robertson, Thomas Fisk, Joseph A. Stand, III, Christian M. Ulm, Carl Pierce
Filed: 23 Oct 20
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System and method for synthetic breast tissue image generation by high density element suppression
2 Jan 24
A method and breast imaging system for processing breast tissue image data includes feeding image data of breast images to an image processor, identifying image portions depicting breast tissue and high density elements and executing different processing methods on input images.
Xiaomin Liu, Haili Chui, Xiangwei Zhang, Nikolaos Gkanatsios
Filed: 24 Sep 19
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Specimen Radiography System Comprising Cabinet and a Specimen Drawer Positionable by a Controller In the Cabinet
21 Dec 23
A specimen radiography system may include a controller and a cabinet.
Kenneth DeFreitas, Timothy N. Wells, Thomas DeYoung, Henry Landry, Shawn St. Pierre, Shawn Hochstetler, Joseph Vartolone, Neil Roth, Michelle Lustrino
Filed: 29 Jun 23
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Methods for Physiological State Determination In Body Scans
21 Dec 23
A system for measuring muscle mass of a patient has a dual-energy radiation emission source.
Kevin WILSON, Thomas KELLY
Filed: 20 Jun 23
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X-ray Scatter Reducing Device for Use with 2D Mammography and Tomosynthesis
21 Dec 23
Systems and methods for reducing X-ray scatter during breast imaging, and more specifically during tomosynthesis imaging.
Thomas Farbizio, Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Ian Shaw
Filed: 25 Apr 23
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Medical imaging device and method of operating a medical imaging device
12 Dec 23
A medical imaging device includes an x-ray source disposed at a first end of an arm, and an x-ray detector disposed at a second end of the arm opposite of the x-ray source.
Richard Keil, Daniel Santos, Mark Guetersloh, Kevin Wilson, Tri Pham, Aleksey Danilkin
Filed: 20 Sep 21
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Image Quality Compliance Tool
7 Dec 23
The technology relates to a methods and systems for improving medical imaging procedures.
Calvin J. Wong, Venkateswara Vaddineni, Akshay Mani, Nikolaos Gkanatsios, John Laviola
Filed: 3 May 23
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System and Method for Navigating a Tomosynthesis Stack Using Synthesized Image Data
7 Dec 23
A system and method for displaying and navigating breast tissue is configured for or includes obtaining a plurality of 2D and/or 3D images of a patient's breast; generating a synthesized 2D image of the breast from the obtained images; displaying the synthesized 2D image; receiving a user command, or otherwise detecting through a user interface, a user selection or other indication of an object or region in the synthesized 2D image; and displaying at least a portion of one or more images from the plurality, including a source image and/or most similar representation of the user selected or indicated object or region.
Jin-Long Chen, Haili Chui, Nikolaos Gkanatsios, Kevin Kreeger, Julian Marshall, David Mislan, Mark A. Prazer, Xiangwei Zhang
Filed: 11 Apr 23
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Multi-position ultrasound system
5 Dec 23
A compression assembly is coupled to the gantry of an ultrasound breast imaging system.
Kenneth F. Defreitas, Ian Shaw, Kenneth Brooks, Jay A. Stein
Filed: 21 Jun 19
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Biopsy device arming mechanism
5 Dec 23
A biopsy device for percutaneous tissue removal includes an elongated housing having an operational axis, a stylet hub slidably mounted in the housing, where the stylet hub is movable relative to the housing between a proximal, armed position, and a distal, fired position, the stylet hub having a stylet strike, a cannula hub slidably mounted in the housing alongside the stylet hub, and a spring-biased arming member.
Zachary Stephen Swick, Rosario Friedman, Brett Haarala, David Sauvageau, Donna Schulz Torres
Filed: 17 Jan 20
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Systems and methods for pivoting compression paddles
5 Dec 23
The housing for a breast imaging system contains an x-ray source and is configured to rotate relative to the breast.
Kenneth F. Defreitas, Thomas DeYoung, Jeffrey Harold Paige, Alan Rego, Baorui Ren, Jay A. Stein, David Wolff
Filed: 9 May 22
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System and method for generating a 2D image using mammography and/or tomosynthesis image data
5 Dec 23
The invention includes a method including the steps of obtaining a plurality of images, each of the images in the plurality having at least one corresponding region, generating a merged image, the merged image also having the corresponding region.
Kevin Kreeger, Andrew P. Smith, Ashwini Kshirsagar, Jun Ge, Xiangwei Zhang, Haili Chui, Christopher Ruth, Yiheng Zhang, Liyang Wei, Jay Stein
Filed: 20 Jul 22
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Breast Compression Paddle with Access Corners
16 Nov 23
The present invention is directed to a breast compression paddle for a mammographic/tomosynthesis imaging system.
Melissa Banks, Mallory Berko, Frank Cable, Tarpit Patel, Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Timothy R. Stango
Filed: 1 May 23
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Microfluidic cartridge for molecular diagnosis
14 Nov 23
A microfluidic cartridge for detecting one nucleic acid of a sample, including a plurality of functional volumes split into functional areas and a fluidic network of microchannels.
Yann Marcy, Marc Artigue, Quentin Le Masne, Kevin Marq
Filed: 10 Apr 20
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System and Method for Fusing Three Dimensional Image Data from a Plurality of Different Imaging Systems for Use In Diagnostic Imaging
9 Nov 23
A multi-modality cancer screening and diagnosis system is provided that allows cancer screening and diagnosis of a patient using at least two different and sequential three-dimensional imaging techniques without patient repositioning.
Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Ian Shaw
Filed: 29 Jun 23