A61B 6/025
Tomosynthesis
Official title: {Tomosynthesis}
A61B6/025 (Tomosynthesis) appears on 1,213 US grants and 1,394 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,213
- Published applications
- 1,394
- Assignees
- 275
- Inventors
- 1,627
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 85 | 55 |
| 2025 | 77 | 66 |
| 2026 | 38 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Wide angle automatic exposure control in tomosynthesis6 Oct 2026US 12,751,676 B2Hologic, Inc.
- Dynamic four-dimensional contrast enhanced tomosynthesis29 Sep 2026US 12,745,967 B2Real Time Tomography, LLC
- Quick head disconnect for X-ray imaging system22 Sep 2026US 12,740,754 B23DIO, Inc.
- Mammography apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,733,892 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Fast 3D radiography with multiple pulsed X-ray sources by deflecting tube electron beam using electro-magnetic field1 Sep 2026US 12,721,585 B2AIXScan Inc.
- Moving focal spot tube calibration10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263024 A1Hologic, Inc.
- Systems and methods for identifying regions of interest in multiple imaging modalities13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232288 A1Hologic, Inc.
- Systems and methods for correlating regions of interest in multiple imaging modalities30 Jul 2026US 2026/0220911 A1Hologic, Inc.
- Radiation imaging apparatus23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207153 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- System and method for hierarchical multi-level feature image synthesis and representation16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198879 A1Hologic, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatuses for assisting a diagnosing practitioner with describing the location of a target structure in a breast757US 9,962,129 B2Siemens Healthcare GmbH · 2018
- Tetrahedron beam computed tomography318US 7,760,849 B2William Beaumont Hospital · 2010
- Radiographic apparatus307US 8,798,231 B2Shimadzu Corporation · 2014
- Imaging facility and radiation therapy device304US 9,420,975 B2Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · 2016
- Tomosynthesis system for breast imaging238US 5,872,828 AThe General Hospital Corporation · 1999