Mammography apparatus with X-ray sources arranged at different distances from the chest

US8605854B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Mathias Hoernig · Möhrendorf, DE
• Thomas Mertelmeier · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 2011
• Grant date: Dec 10, 2013
• Expiry date: Sep 17, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B6/4435
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A mammography apparatus has at least one x-ray source to emit x-ray radiation and an x-ray detector with a number of pixels. The mammography apparatus is designed so that the x-ray radiation is emitted into the breast tissue of a patient at a number of positions, and the x-ray radiation is detected by the x-ray detector after it has passed through the breast tissue. The positions have different distances from the shoulder-to-shoulder axis of the patient.