US Patent Issued to GE Precision Healthcare on Nov. 11 for "Non-uniform thickness breast imaging phantom for 2D/3D spectral imaging" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,317, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Non-uniform thickness breast imaging phantom for 2D/3D spectral imaging" was invented by Ann-Katherine Carton (Clamart, France), Remy Klausz (Neuilly sur Seine, France), Pablo Milioni de Carvalho (Chaville, France), Ruben Sanchez de la Rosa (Antony, France) and Serge Muller (Guyancourt, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breast phantom is provided that has a non-uniform thickness to mimic clinically realistic variations in compressed breast thicknesses when in contact with the compression paddle during a mammography imaging procedure. With th...