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. providing an absorption contrast imaging apparatus for an absorption contrast imaging measurement;
• d. measuring denseness of tissue of the breast using the absorption contrast imaging apparatus;
• e. transmitting, to a work-station, absorption contrast imaging measurement results obtained from the absorption contrast imaging measurement of the denseness of tissue of the breast;
• f. 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;
• g. moving the absorption contrast imaging apparatus away from the breast positioning area;
• h. moving a diffractometer into the breast positioning area for a diffractometer measurement;
• i. performing measurements at the coordinates of the potential cancer sites using a diffractometer;
• j. transmitting obtained diffractometer measurement results to the work-station;
• k. processing the obtained diffractometer measurement results using the work-station to perform analysis of the diffractometer measurement results, and to perform diagnostics using the analyzed diffractometer measurement results.