US3556081A - Breast holder for mammograph - Google Patents
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- A61B8/08—Detecting organic movements or changes, e.g. tumours, cysts, swellings
- A61B8/0825—Detecting organic movements or changes, e.g. tumours, cysts, swellings for diagnosis of the breast, e.g. mammography
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- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
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US4051380A (en) * | 1976-03-31 | 1977-09-27 | Lasky Harold J | Apparatus and method for supporting and positioning the body to facilitate radiographic mammography procedures |
US4212306A (en) * | 1978-05-18 | 1980-07-15 | Khalid Mahmud | Breast examination device and method |
EP0032129A1 (en) * | 1980-01-07 | 1981-07-15 | Technicare Corporation | Ultrasound mammary scanning apparatus |
WO1983002053A1 (en) * | 1981-12-14 | 1983-06-23 | Kossoff, George | Apparatus for ultrasonic examination of deformable objects |
EP0176353A2 (en) * | 1984-09-26 | 1986-04-02 | Southwest Research Institute | Instrumentation for invivo NMR measurements in the human breast to screen for cancer |
US4618973A (en) * | 1985-11-01 | 1986-10-21 | Lasky Harold J | Mammographic X-ray apparatus |
WO1993011706A1 (en) * | 1991-11-27 | 1993-06-24 | Pellegrino Anthony J | Stereotactic mammography and needle biopsy table with ccd imaging system |
US5305365A (en) * | 1992-11-24 | 1994-04-19 | Bennett X-Ray Technologies | Mammography system with rearwardly tilting mammograph |
US5506877A (en) * | 1994-11-23 | 1996-04-09 | The General Hospital Corporation | Mammography breast compression device and method |
US5564438A (en) * | 1993-08-09 | 1996-10-15 | Merchant; Thomas E. | Method and apparatus for prone position radiation therapy of the breast |
US5595177A (en) * | 1994-06-03 | 1997-01-21 | Harbor-Ucla Research And Education Institute, Inc. | Scintigraphy guided stereotaxic localizations apparatus for breast carcinomas |
US5706327A (en) * | 1996-02-09 | 1998-01-06 | Trex Medical Corporation | Method and apparatus for mammographic compression |
US5803913A (en) * | 1994-06-03 | 1998-09-08 | Khalkhali; Iraj | Nuclear medicine stereotaxic localization apparatus for breast carcinomas and method |
US5820552A (en) * | 1996-07-12 | 1998-10-13 | United States Surgical Corporation | Sonography and biopsy apparatus |
US5833627A (en) * | 1995-04-13 | 1998-11-10 | United States Surgical Corporation | Image-guided biopsy apparatus and methods of use |
US5938613A (en) * | 1993-10-29 | 1999-08-17 | United States Surgical Corporation | Methods and apparatus for performing sonomammography and enhanced X-ray imaging |
US5983123A (en) * | 1993-10-29 | 1999-11-09 | United States Surgical Corporation | Methods and apparatus for performing ultrasound and enhanced X-ray imaging |
US6027457A (en) * | 1998-06-18 | 2000-02-22 | United States Surgical Corporation | Apparatus and method for securing tissue during ultrasound examination and biopsy |
US6418188B1 (en) | 2001-06-14 | 2002-07-09 | Juanita L. Broadnax | Radiation breast cup and method |
US20030007598A1 (en) * | 2000-11-24 | 2003-01-09 | U-Systems, Inc. | Breast cancer screening with adjunctive ultrasound mammography |
US20030158481A1 (en) * | 2000-10-11 | 2003-08-21 | Rainer Stotzka | Ultrasonic tomograph |
US20030212327A1 (en) * | 2000-11-24 | 2003-11-13 | U-Systems Inc. | Adjunctive ultrasound processing and display for breast cancer screening |
US20040068170A1 (en) * | 2000-11-24 | 2004-04-08 | U-Systems Inc.(Vii) | Breast cancer screening with ultrasound image overlays |
US20040082856A1 (en) * | 2002-07-16 | 2004-04-29 | Alfred E. Mann Institute For Biomedical Engineering, University Of Southern California | Support bra for ultrasonic breast scanner |
US20040216234A1 (en) * | 2003-04-29 | 2004-11-04 | Wake Robert H. | Ergonometric tabletop for a laser imaging apparatus |
US20040249283A1 (en) * | 2001-05-09 | 2004-12-09 | Edward Kantorovich | Method and apparatus for breast imaging utilizing ultrasound |
US20050131292A1 (en) * | 2002-05-16 | 2005-06-16 | Charite, Universitaetsklinikum Medizinische Fakultaet Der Humboldt-Universitaet Zu Berlin | Method and device for the automatic detection of motory disturbances in a test person |
US20050171430A1 (en) * | 2000-11-24 | 2005-08-04 | Wei Zhang | Processing and displaying breast ultrasound information |
US20060084868A1 (en) * | 2003-01-17 | 2006-04-20 | Hee-Boong Park | Apparatus for ultrasonic examination of deformable object |
US20060115041A1 (en) * | 2004-11-26 | 2006-06-01 | Aurelie Roncaglioni | Equipment for mammography |
US20070092059A1 (en) * | 2005-10-25 | 2007-04-26 | Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard | Breast immobilization device and method of imaging the breast |
US20090080602A1 (en) * | 2006-08-03 | 2009-03-26 | Kenneth Brooks | Dedicated breast radiation imaging/therapy system |
US7940966B2 (en) | 2000-11-24 | 2011-05-10 | U-Systems, Inc. | Full-field breast image data processing and archiving |
US20120136235A1 (en) * | 2010-11-29 | 2012-05-31 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Apparatus |
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US3165630A (en) * | 1961-06-13 | 1965-01-12 | Polaroid Corp | Table for holding and positioning a female subject and film during breast x-ray exposures |
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US2111903A (en) * | 1936-02-07 | 1938-03-22 | Rona Maurice | Adjusting device for taking X-ray pictures |
US2532507A (en) * | 1945-08-13 | 1950-12-05 | Acec | Feeler for elastic waves |
US2826702A (en) * | 1952-10-01 | 1958-03-11 | Indiana University Foundation | Cerebral angiographic cassette changer |
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US3165630A (en) * | 1961-06-13 | 1965-01-12 | Polaroid Corp | Table for holding and positioning a female subject and film during breast x-ray exposures |
US3237623A (en) * | 1963-02-04 | 1966-03-01 | George A D Gordon | Apparatus for destroying limited groups of cells |
US3302021A (en) * | 1964-05-01 | 1967-01-31 | Hardy Wayne | Operating table accessory extension body support and holder for plural X-ray film cassettes |
US3293430A (en) * | 1964-10-07 | 1966-12-20 | Alois J Wustner | Portable serialography apparatus with a pair of swingable housings for supporting X-ray film cassettes |
US3480002A (en) * | 1967-01-24 | 1969-11-25 | Magnaflux Corp | Medical ultrasonic scanning system |
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ELECTRONICS, Mar., 1955, p.174. (copy in GR. 335 128/24.05) * |
JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMER., Vol. 23, No. 2, Mar. 1951, pp. 160 167, (copy in GR 335, 128/24.05) * |
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US4212306A (en) * | 1978-05-18 | 1980-07-15 | Khalid Mahmud | Breast examination device and method |
EP0032129A1 (en) * | 1980-01-07 | 1981-07-15 | Technicare Corporation | Ultrasound mammary scanning apparatus |
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US4618973A (en) * | 1985-11-01 | 1986-10-21 | Lasky Harold J | Mammographic X-ray apparatus |
US5289520A (en) * | 1991-11-27 | 1994-02-22 | Lorad Corporation | Stereotactic mammography imaging system with prone position examination table and CCD camera |
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US5305365A (en) * | 1992-11-24 | 1994-04-19 | Bennett X-Ray Technologies | Mammography system with rearwardly tilting mammograph |
US5564438A (en) * | 1993-08-09 | 1996-10-15 | Merchant; Thomas E. | Method and apparatus for prone position radiation therapy of the breast |
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US5595177A (en) * | 1994-06-03 | 1997-01-21 | Harbor-Ucla Research And Education Institute, Inc. | Scintigraphy guided stereotaxic localizations apparatus for breast carcinomas |
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