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FULL FIELD MAMMOGRAPHY WITH TISSUE EXPOSURE CONTROL, TOMOSYNTHESIS, AND DYNAMIC FIELD OF VIEW PROCESSING

  • US 20180177476A1
  • Filed: 01/19/2018
  • Published: 06/28/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mammography method comprising:

  • compressing and immobilizing a patient'"'"'s breast for x-ray imaging;

    providing information about the thickness of the immobilized breast and the density of the breast;

    using the thickness and density information to automatically estimate one or more technic factors appropriate for imaging the breast with x-rays; and

    using the estimated technic factors in imaging the breast.

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