PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16126688
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["378", "037000"]

Abstract:
A system and method for measuring volumetric breast density using a low dose of radiation are provided. This low-dose image can be added to a standard mammographic screening protocol with less than a two percent increase in radiation dose imparted to the subject. This low-dose image can also be used as a single standalone test to determine breast density for younger women for the purposes of risk determination or screening regimen planning. The breast density measurement is more accurate than measurements that can be obtained with existing systems and methods by making use of a compression assembly that maintains a parallel alignment between the compression paddle and breast support table. Additionally, the compression assembly maintains a uniform known thickness of the compressed breast. The system and method have the added benefit that they can be readily implemented on a conventional digital x-ray unit with low cost.

Claim (Index 10):
The compression assembly as recited in  claim 1  in which the at least one spacer is composed of a plurality of different materials, each of the plurality of different materials having a known relationship to x-ray attenuation characteristics of breast tissue of a known composition.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.62766
- Patent Class: 378.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14775871', '10705760', '15935879', '10394945', '15062838']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6882599068338653
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5569289797676941
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6751268141272482
- Mean Citation Score: 313.647866
- Max Citation Score: 507.55655
- Similarity Product: 461.5221841151596

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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