Patent ID: 6480565
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A device for producing a three-dimensional tomographic mammography image of a breast of a patient, the device comprising:a gantry frame; at least one motor for moving the gantry frame to form a data acquisition geometry; a source of radiation attached to the gantry frame to move with the gantry frame; a flat panel detector attached to the gantry frame to move with the gantry frame, the flat panel detector being disposed in a path of the radiation; and a support on which the patient rests while the mammography projection images are taken, the support supporting the patient such that the breast is disposed between the source of radiation and the flat panel detector; the support comprising a table on which the patient lies while the mammography projection images are taken; wherein the at least one motor moves the gantry frame so that the flat panel detector takes a volume scan of the breast; and wherein the table has two breast holes for both of the patient's breasts.