Precision mammographic needle biopsy system
US5078142A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 21, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N13/254
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A precision mammographic needle biopsy system in which a patient having a suspected non-palpable lesion of the breast lies on a table having a breast aperture therein through which the patient's breast pendulantly protrudes includes a compression paddle for selectively compressing the breast against an X-ray film holder to firmly hold the breast in a suitable projection; a radially pivoting X-ray arm arranged to direct an X-ray beam in horizontal alignment with the patient's breast onto an X-ray film; a radially pivoting X-ray film holder arm supporting both the X-ray film holder and a puncture instrument holding a biopsy needle having adjustable azimuth angle, elevation angle, and insertion depth parameters; and a computer-digitizer console including a cursor and having a light box digitizer view area for viewing and digitizing a point of interest depicted in two stereoscopic X-ray images of the patient's breast, a computer for analyzing the relative positions of the point of interest depicted on the two stereoscopic X-ray images with reference to a pair of reference marks projected onto each of the images and for determinig the location in 3-dimensional space of the point of inte…
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