Abstract: A system for generating a three-dimensional image of the compressed breast 40 of a subject includes an x-ray mammography unit 24 for generating x-ray mammography data, a mechanical scanner 20 including an x-ray mammography compression paddle assembly 22, a control and motion system 26, 28 for driving the mechanical scanner 20 and for sensing the control and motion system's position, an ultrasound probe 32 for generating ultrasound image data in spatial registration with the x-ray mammography unit 24, and a computer 38 for generating from the ultrasound image data and the x-ray mammography data the three-dimensional ultrasound image.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 21, 2003
Date of Patent:
April 5, 2005
Assignee:
XDATA Corporation
Inventors:
Kris A. Dines, Elizabeth Kelly-Fry, Ada Patricia Romilly
Abstract: A system for generating a three-dimensional image of the compressed breast 40 of a subject includes an x-ray mammography unit 24 for generating x-ray mammography data, a mechanical scanner 20 including an x-ray mammography compression paddle assembly 22, a control and motion system 26, 28 for driving the mechanical scanner 20 and for sensing the control and motion system's position, an ultrasound probe 32 for generating ultrasound image data in spatial registration with the x-ray mammography unit 24, and a computer 38 for generating from the ultrasound image data and the x-ray mammography data the three-dimensional ultrasound image.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 24, 1999
Date of Patent:
June 3, 2003
Assignee:
Xdata Corporation
Inventors:
Kris A. Dines, Elizabeth Kelly-Fry, Ada Patricia Romilly