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US 6,678,552 B2Granted
Tissue characterization based on impedance images and on impedance measurements
AssigneeTransScan Medical Ltd.
InventorAndrew L. Pearlman
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Abstract
Apparatus for aiding in the identification of tissue type for an anomalous tissue in an impedance image comprising: a first device for providing an polychromic immitance map of a portion of the body; a second device for determining a plurality of polychromic measures from one or both of a portion of the body; and a display which displays an indication based on the plurality of polychromic measures.
Claims17
A method of acquiring aligned breast images, comprising:
- acquiring a mammogram of a breast in a first compression orientation;
- and
- acquiring an impedance image of the breast while the breast is in the first compression orientation.
Apparatus for examining a breast, comprising:
- at least one impedance probe adapted to generate an impedance image of a breast in a first compression orientation;
- and
- an x-ray imager adapted to generate a mammogram of the breast while the breast is in the first compression orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.