System and method for specimen imaging using an existing mammography imaging system
AssigneeGE Precision Healthcare LLC
InventorsCynthia Elizabeth Landberg Davis, Paul Francis Fitzgerald, Sholom Michael Ackelsberg
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Abstract
An intraoperative specimen imaging system is provided. The intraoperative specimen imaging system includes a mammography imaging system configured to acquire imaging data. The intraoperative specimen imaging system also includes a specimen holding system configured to hold a tissue sample, wherein the specimen holding system is retrofittedly coupled to the mammography imaging system, wherein the intraoperative specimen imaging system is configured to acquire imaging data for generating three-dimensional (3D) images of the tissue sample.
Claims17
An intraoperative specimen imaging system, comprising:
- a mammography imaging system comprising a radiation source configured to emit radiation;
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- a specimen holding system comprising a specimen holder configured to hold a tissue sample, wherein the specimen holding system is coupled to the mammography imaging system via an attachment to form the intraoperative specimen imaging system, wherein the specimen holding system comprises a motor configured to rotate the specimen holder to rotate the tissue sample in the specimen holder to different angular positions over a specific angular range, wherein the mammography imaging system is configured to acquire imaging data at the different angular positions over the specific angular range for generating three-dimensional (3D) images of the tissue sample when radiation is emitted by the radiation source while rotating the tissue sample in the tissue holder to the different angular positions.
A method for intraoperative specimen imaging, comprising:
- coupling a specimen holding system to a mammography imaging system, wherein the specimen holding system comprises a specimen holder, an attachment for coupling the specimen holder to the mammography imaging system, and a motor configured to rotate the specimen holder;
- rotating the specimen holder to rotate a tissue sample in the specimen holder to different angular positions over a specific angular range;
- emitting radiation from a radiation source of the mammography imaging system to acquire imaging data of the tissue sample at the different angular positions;
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- generating three-dimensional (3D) images of the tissue sample from the imaging data acquired at the different angular positions over the specific angular range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.