Patent ID: 8729479
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A nuclear medicine mammography system for conducting examinations of both breasts of a patient, comprising: first and second pairs of generally opposed articulatable gamma photon detectors, wherein each pair of detectors can be arranged to image a respective breast independently from the other pair of detectors, wherein the first detector pair is dedicatedly oriented in a first orientation and the second detector pair is dedicatedly oriented in a second orientation that is different from said first orientation, wherein the system is configured to provide a first configuration in which the first detector pair can be arranged to image the right breast and the second detector pair can be arranged to image the left breast, and a second configuration in which the first detector pair can be arranged to image the left breast and the second detector pair can be arranged to image the right breast, wherein in each of said first and second configurations both breasts can be imaged concurrently.