X-ray system and method for tissue structural analysis and imaging

A method of controlling an X-ray system comprising:

• a. placing a breast of a patient into a breast compression assembly comprising a breast positioning area;
• b. compressing the breast using an adjustable height of a first compression plate of the breast compression assembly;
• c. moving a first C-arm to the breast positioning area for an absorption contrast imaging measurement;
• d. measuring denseness of tissue of the breast using an absorption contrast imaging apparatus coupled to the first C-arm;
• e. transmitting, to a work-station, absorption contrast imaging measurement results obtained from the absorption contrast imaging measurement;
• f. processing the absorption contrast imaging measurement results using the work-station to analyze the absorption contrast imaging measurement results, and to perform first diagnostics using the analyzed absorption contrast imaging measurement results;
• g. processing the absorption contrast imaging measurement results using the work-station to determine potential cancer sites in the tissue, and to determine coordinates of the potential cancer sites in the breast positioning area based on the processed absorption contrast imaging measurement results based on the potential cancer sites in the tissue;
• h. moving the first C-arm away from the breast positioning area;
• i. moving a second C-arm into the breast positioning area for a diffractometer measurement;
• j. performing measurements at the coordinates of the potential cancer sites using a diffractometer coupled to the second C-arm;
• k. transmitting the obtained diffractometer measurement results to the work-station;
• l. Processing the obtained diffractometer measurement results using the work-station to perform analysis of the diffractometer measurement results, and to perform second diagnostics using the analyzed diffractometer measurement results;
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• m. optionally, rotating a base coupled to the first C-arm and to the second C-arm around a horizontal rotation shaft, and repeating blocks a.-l. using a different projection.