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Diagnostic tomographic laser imaging apparatus

  • US 5,692,511 A
  • Filed: 06/07/1995
  • Issued: 12/02/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of providing imaging of humanoid breast tissue, comprising the steps of:

  • a) supporting a patient in face-down, prone position on a horizontal surface with a breast vertically pendent through an opening in said surface;

    b) directing a succession of narrow coherent near infrared light pulses through said breast in a horizontal pattern from a plurality of positions completely surrounding said breast;

    c) repeating said step b) in a plurality of closely vertically spaced horizontal planes until the entire breast has been scanned;

    d) detecting said light pulses after passage through said breast tissue; and

    e) deriving images of the breast tissue from said detected light pulses by computed tomography reconstruction.

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