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US 6,175,117 B1Granted
Tissue analysis apparatus
AssigneeQuanta Vision, Inc.
InventorsOleg Komardin, Pavel Lazarev
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Abstract
An apparatus for analyzing substances within a breast is disclosed. The apparatus includes a breast positioning area and a beam forming apparatus having a geometry which forms breast penetrating radiation into at least one beam. A detector is configured to detect a scattering pattern of the portion of the breast which scatters radiation from the at least one beam when the breast is positioned within the breast positioning area.
Claims33
An apparatus for analyzing substances within a breast, comprising:
- one or more structures defining a breast receiving volume;
- a beam forming apparatus having a geometry which forms breast penetrating radiation into a beam, directed toward the breast receiving volume so as to be incident on a breast positioned within the breast receiving volume, the beam configured to pass through the breast such that the breast scatters a scattered portion of the beam at a plurality of different scattering angles relative to the beam;
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- a detector positioned to at least partially receive the scattered portion of the beam at multiple different scattering angles, the detector producing signals indicating the scattering angle and the intensity of the radiation which is scattered at the multiple different scattering angles by the breast.
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A apparatus for analyzing substances within a breast, comprising:
- one or more structures defining a breast receiving volume;
- a beam forming apparatus having a geometry which forms breast penetrating radiation into a plurality of beams, directed toward the breast receiving volume such that at least one of the plurality of beams is incident on a breast positioned within the breast receiving volume, the plurality of beams configured to pass through the breast such that the breast scatters a scattered portion of each beam at a plurality of different scattering angles relative to the beam from which the radiation is scattered;
- a detector positioned to at least partially receive the scattered portion of one or more of the plurality of beams at multiple different scattering angles, the detector producing signals indicating the scattering angle and the intensity of the radiation from one or more of the plurality of beams which is scattered at the multiple different scattering angles by the breast.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.