US 12,303,310 B2
Technology for contrast-enhanced mammography
Robert G. Zamenhof, Brookline, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/610,947
Filed by Robert G. Zamenhof, Brookline, MA (US)
PCT Filed May 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/032900
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/232253, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/848,065, filed on May 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0249047 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01); G21K 1/10 (2006.01); H01J 35/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/481 (2013.01) [A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); G21K 1/10 (2013.01); H01J 35/10 (2013.01); H01J 2235/081 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for X-ray mammography, comprising an X-ray tube, wherein:
the X-ray tube comprises an anode and a focal spot track;
the focal spot track comprises a tellurium foil and a cerium foil; and
the tellurium foil and the cerium foil are attached to the anode.