System and method of automatic detection of hotspot locations in breast thermograms
US12141984B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 23, 2021 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30068
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for automatically detecting a location of a plurality of hotspots from a thermal image of a breast region of a subject by (i) automatically detecting areolar points (x, y) from the thermal image of the breast region of the subject, (ii) automatically detecting a plurality of hotspot regions on the thermal image of the breast region of the subject by performing a hotspot region segmentation method, (iii) calculating a plurality of radial locations (ri, θi) of a plurality of hotspots on the hotspot region, (iv) automatically generating a text report based on the detected location of the plurality of hotspots and (v) providing the detected radial locations (ri, θi) of the plurality of hotspots as a text report to scan the plurality of hotspots only on the detected radial locations (ri, θi) instead of scanning in the entire breast region of the subject.
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