US 12,029,602 B2
System and method for navigating x-ray guided breast biopsy
Andrew P. Smith, Lexington, MA (US); and Julian Marshall, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed by Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/745,189.
Application 17/745,189 is a continuation of application No. 15/031,396, granted, now 11,364,005, previously published as PCT/US2014/061994, filed on Oct. 23, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/894,947, filed on Oct. 24, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0008465 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 6/50 (2024.01); A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/46 (2024.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/502 (2013.01) [A61B 6/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/0414 (2013.01); A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/5235 (2013.01); A61B 6/465 (2013.01); A61B 10/0041 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performing a procedure on a breast of a patient, the method comprising:
injecting a contrast agent into the patient;
immobilizing, between an x-ray source and an x-ray detector of an imaging system, the breast of the patient;
performing a first 2D imaging procedure on the breast of the patient, the first 2D imaging procedure being dual energy imaging and a scout imaging procedure;
generating at least one first image visualizing the contrast agent from the first 2D imaging procedure;
performing a second 2D imaging procedure on the breast of the patient, the second 2D imaging procedure being dual energy imaging and a stereo pair procedure, and the second 2D imaging procedure being different than the first 2D imaging procedure;
generating at least one second image visualizing the contrast agent from the second 2D imaging procedure, wherein the at least one of second image includes a pair of second images;
identifying a region of interest in the at least one first image and a first of the pair of second images, wherein the region of interest corresponds to a difference between the at least one first image and the first of the pair of second images, wherein the region of interest is not visible in a second of the pair of second images; and
targeting the region of interest using the at least one first image and the first of the pair of second images.