Patent ID: 11890123
Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 29:
30. A multimodal system for breast imaging, comprising:
a gantry;
an x-ray source attached to said gantry;
a patient table positioned above the gantry and configured to support a patient thereupon, a breast of said patient extending through a hole in said patient table for illumination by said x-ray source,
an x-ray detector attached to said gantry and configured to detect x-rays from said x-ray source after passing through at least a portion of said breast; and
an x-ray image processor configured to communicate with said x-ray detector so as to:
receive a first data set from said x-ray detector, said first data set being detected by said x-ray detector upon illumination by the x-ray source;
compute a first CT image of said breast based on said first data set;
receive a second data set from said x-ray detector, said second data set being detected by said x-ray detector upon illumination by the x-ray source; and
compute a second CT image of said breast based on said first data set and said second data set,
wherein said patient table is capable of at least one of a horizontal translation and a vertical translation.