Patent ID: 11883206
Assignee: HOLOGIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 19:
20. A method comprising:
collecting, using an imaging device associated with a gantry, a first set of data for a patient, wherein the first set of data relates to at least one of: breast size, breast thickness, or breast shape;
collecting, using a compression device associated with the gantry, a second set of physical data for the patient, wherein the second set of data relates to at least one of: breast elasticity or breast density;
customizing, using a processing device associated with the gantry, breast compression parameters for the patient based on the second set of data;
compressing, using the compression device, a breast of the patient based on the breast compression parameters;
customizing, using the processing device, image acquisition parameters for the breast based on at least one of the first set of data or the second set of data, wherein the image acquisition parameters include automatic exposure control function, a spatial thickness distribution of tissue, and a desired number range of image slices used for breast volume reconstruction, the number of slices being based on the breast thickness; and
imaging, using an imaging system associated with the gantry, the compressed breast using the customized image acquisition parameters.