US 12,433,564 B2
Systems and methods for determining performance of a breast compression paddle
Guoyun Ru, Marlborough, MA (US)
Assigned to Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Appl. No. 18/245,146
Filed by HOLOGIC, INC., Marlborough, MA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/047794
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/060553, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/078,360, filed on Sep. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0016467 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 6/58 (2024.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01)
CPC A61B 6/586 (2013.01) [A61B 6/0414 (2013.01); A61B 6/0435 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of determining performance characteristics of a breast compression paddle utilized in a breast imaging system, the method comprising:
receiving a force application signal, wherein the force application signal is associated with an application of a compressive force by the breast imaging system with the breast compression paddle to a breast of a patient;
applying the force application signal to an algorithm to obtain a reduction value; and
subtracting the reduction value from a known paddle performance value for the breast compression paddle to obtain an updated paddle performance value for the breast compression paddle.