Patent ID: 11918389
Assignee: HOLOGIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for displaying contrast tomosynthesis reconstructed images of a breast of a patient, the method comprising:
performing a tomosynthesis scan of the breast while the breast contains a contrast agent, the tomosynthesis scan comprising:
moving an imaging x-ray source through a plurality of imaging positions along a source trajectory; and
obtaining a plurality of images corresponding to each of the plurality of imaging positions, wherein the plurality of images includes a first set of images and a second set of images;

based on the first set of images and the second set of images, deriving tomosynthesis reconstructed images representing respective slices of the breast;
displaying at least one of the tomosynthesis reconstructed images of the breast;
receiving an indication on at least one of the tomosynthesis reconstructed images of an area of interest within the breast;
determining, from the indication, three-dimensional coordinates of the area of interest;
positioning an insertable artificial element at the area of interest in the breast, based on the three-dimensional coordinates of the area of interest; and
emitting, after positioning the insertable artificial element, a plurality of verification x-ray beams of a same image type along a verification imaging trajectory from the imaging x-ray source at a plurality of verification x-ray positions, wherein at least two of the plurality of verification x-ray beams corresponds to at least a first x-ray dose and a second x-ray dose different than the first x-ray dose.