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System and method for generating a 2D image using mammography and/or tomosynthesis image data

US10978026B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

HOLOGIC, INC. · US

Inventors

Kevin Kreeger · Sunnyvale, US
Andrew P. Smith · Lexington, US
Ashwini Kshirsagar · Cupertino, US
Jun Ge · Nanhu, CN
Yiheng Zhang · Longbeilingcun, CN
Haili Chui · Fremont, US
Christopher Ruth · Boxford, US
Xiangwei Zhang · Sunnyvale, US
Liyang Wei · San Jose, US
Jay A. Stein · Boston, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 14, 2020
Grant date	Apr 13, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 14, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2211/436
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention includes a method including the steps of obtaining a plurality of images, each of the images in the plurality having at least one corresponding region, generating a merged image, the merged image also having the corresponding region. The step of generating includes selecting an image source from the plurality of images to source image data for the corresponding region in the merged image by comparing attributes of the corresponding regions of the plurality of images to identify the image source having preferred attributes.

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