BREAST SCANNING SYSTEM

摘要

A breast scanning system (10) scans a breast of a patient with transducer arrays (18, 20) that transmit and receive ultrasound signals in a bath (14) containing a medium, such as a liquid. A table (38) is disposable over the bath to receive the patient thereon, and has an aperture (42) formed in the table and positionable over the bath to receive the breast of the patient pendent therethrough and into the bath. The table is linearly vertically displaceable with respect to the bath. The system includes a preconditioning tank (80) to precondition the liquid prior to being introduced into the bath. The bath includes means for securing the breast within the bath.