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US 10,105,709 B2Granted
System and method for multi-axis imaging of specimens
AssigneeHologic, Inc.
InventorsCiaran Purdy, Donogh O'Driscoll
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Abstract
A specimen holding and positioning apparatus operable to substantially non-movably maintain a specimen (e.g., an excised tissue specimen) in a fixed or stable orientation with respect to the apparatus during imaging operations (e.g., x-ray imaging), transport (e.g., from a surgery room to a pathologist's laboratory), and the like for use in facilitating accurate detection and diagnosis of cancers and/or other abnormalities of the specimen.
Claims11
A method of imaging a specimen, comprising:
- elastically deforming first and second retention members of a positioning apparatus to surround opposing portions of a specimen;
- securing the first and second retention members against movement relative to each other to retain the specimen therebetween, wherein a reference plane extends between the first and second retention members when the specimen is retained therebetween;
- generating, at a source of electromagnetic radiation, a beam of electromagnetic radiation;
- sending, while the specimen is retained between the first and second retention members, the beam along an imaging axis through the specimen and the first and second retention members;
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- receiving the beam at an imaging detector, wherein the beam is free of contact with any structures other than the specimen and the first and second retention members along the imaging axis between the source and the imaging detector.
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