Patent ID: 7406150
Filing Date: 2008-07-29
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A mammographic imaging system, comprising: mammographic image acquisition equipment including a patient support for supporting a patient's breast in an imaging position, an imaging source for transmitting an imaging signal relative to said patient's breast, and a digital detector for detecting said transmitted signal from said patient's breast and providing a digital signal based on said detected signal, wherein said digital signal defines a first digital image of at least a portion of said patient's breast; an image acquisition station user interface for receiving user inputs from a first user of said mammographic image acquisition equipment to control a process for acquiring said first digital image of said patient's breast; and an image acquisition station controller, said controller being operative for: wherein said digital image is stored in an image repository and said digital image is indexed to patient information and said patient information is organized in tables of cross-indexed data fields.