Ultrasound breast screening device
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1. An ultrasound breast imaging assembly comprising:
- first and second compression plates that are angled with respect to one another;
a breast compression area defined between said first and second compression plates;
at least one pivot assembly allowing relative motion between said first and second compression plates; and
an ultrasound probe having an active matrix array (AMA) positioned on one of said first and second compression plates, said ultrasound probe being configured to translate over said one of said first and second compression plates.
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Abstract
An ultrasound breast imaging assembly includes first and second compression plates angled with respect to one another, a breast compression area defined between the first and second compression plates, at least one pivot assembly, and an ultrasound probe. The pivot assembly allows relative motion between the first and second compression plates. The ultrasound probe, which is configured to translate over one of the first and second compression plates, includes an active matrix array (AMA) positioned on one of the first and second compression plates.
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1. An ultrasound breast imaging assembly comprising:
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first and second compression plates that are angled with respect to one another;
a breast compression area defined between said first and second compression plates;
at least one pivot assembly allowing relative motion between said first and second compression plates; and
an ultrasound probe having an active matrix array (AMA) positioned on one of said first and second compression plates, said ultrasound probe being configured to translate over said one of said first and second compression plates. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A breast imaging and display system comprising:
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a central processing unit (CPU);
an imaging workstation in electrical communication with said CPU; and
an ultrasound breast imaging assembly operatively connected to, and in electrical communication with, said CPU, said ultrasound breast imaging assembly comprising;
an upper compression plate;
a lower compression plate, wherein the planes of said upper and lower compression plates are angled with respect to one another;
a breast compression area defined between said upper and lower compression plates;
at least one pivot assembly allowing relative motion between said upper and lower compression plates while said planes of said upper and lower compression plates remain angled with respect to one another, wherein the angle between said compression plates changes during the relative motion between said first and second compression plates; and
an ultrasound probe having an active matrix array (AMA) positioned on one of said upper and lower compression plates, said ultrasound probe being configured to translate over said one of said upper and lower compression plates. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. An ultrasound breast imaging assembly comprising:
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a first and second compression plates, said first and second compression plates being angled with respect to one another, one of said first and second compression plates comprising a sonolucent compression film, the other of said first and second compression plates comprising a sound absorbing stabilization plate; and
said ultrasound probe configured to translate over said sonolucent compression film;
a breast compression area defined between said first and second compression plates, wherein said first and second compression plates are configured to compress a breast in said breast compression area so that said probe may image the breast, and wherein said first and second compression plates remain angled with respect to one another during the compression;
at least one pivot assembly allowing relative motion over an arcuate path between said first and second compression plates, wherein said at least one pivot assembly is operatively connected to at least one of said first and second compression plates, and wherein the angle between the first and second compression plates changes upon the relative motion between the first and second compression plates; and
an ultrasound probe having an active matrix array (AMA) positioned on one of said first and second compression plates, wherein said AMA comprises a plurality of rows having a plurality of ultrasound elements; and
wherein said ultrasound probe is configured to translate over said one of said first and second compression plates. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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