ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,883, issued on March 31, was assigned to EosDx Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"X-ray system and method for tissue structural analysis and imaging" was invented by Alexander P. Lazarev (Lake Forest, Calif.) and Pavel Lazarev (Box Elder, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, an X-ray system comprises a work-station and a mammography apparatus. The mammography apparatus can comprise: a breast positioning area; an absorption contrast imaging apparatus; and a diffractometer for analyzing structure of tissue within a breast. The absorption contrast imaging apparatus and the diffractometer can be configured to move in order ...