Mammography Imaging System with Enhanced Image Resolution and Method of Use

A method for providing artefact-reduced images of a breast, the method comprising the steps of:

• a. providing a mammography imaging system comprising:
• i. a radiation source operable at to emit radiation,
• ii. a detector alignable with the radiation source, the detector having a surface on which the breast to be imaged is adapted to be positioned;
• iii. a controller operably connected to the radiation source and the detector to control the operation of the radiation source and detector to generate image data of the breast in an imaging procedure performed by the imaging system, the controller including a central processing unit and interconnected database containing processor-executable instructions for processing the image data from the detector to create one or more projection images,
• iv. a display operably connected to the controller for presenting information to a user;
• and
• v. a user interface operably connected to the controller to enable user input to the controller,
• b. placing the breast on the surface of the detector;
• c. operating the radiation source over a limited angular range relative to the breast to obtain image data;
• d. processing the image data to form the one or more projection images;
• e. reconstructing a quasi-isotropic volume from the one or more projection images with an artefact-reduction and resolution enhancement artificial intelligence;
• and
• f. generating one or more quasi-isotropic images from the quasi-isotropic volume.

A mammography imaging system comprising:

• a. a radiation source operable at to emit radiation,
• b. a detector alignable with the radiation source, the detector having a surface on which a breast to be imaged is adapted to be positioned;
• c. a controller operably connected to the radiation source and the detector to control the operation of the radiation source and detector to generate image data of the breast in an imaging procedure performed by the imaging system, the controller including a central processing unit and interconnected database containing processor-executable instructions for processing the image data from the detector to create one or more projection images of the breast,
• d. a display operably connected to the controller for presenting information to a user;
• and
• e. a user interface operably connected to the controller to enable user input to the controller,
• wherein the controller is configured to apply a resolution enhancement artificial intelligence to the one or more projection images to reconstruct a quasi-isotropic volume of the breast, and to generate one more one or more quasi-isotropic images from the quasi-isotropic volume.