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Computer-implemented method for providing an outline of a lesion in digital breast tomosynthesis

US12369865B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthineers AG · DE

Inventors

Julia WICKLEIN · Neunkirchen, DE
Ludwig Ritschl · Erlangen, DE
Anna Jerebko · Eschborn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 5, 2022
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 11, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V2201/12
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One or more example embodiments of the present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for providing an outline of a lesion in digital breast tomosynthesis includes receiving input data, wherein the input data comprises a reconstructed tomosynthesis volume dataset based on projection recordings, a virtual target marker within a lesion being in the tomosynthesis volume dataset; applying a trained function to at least a part of the tomosynthesis volume dataset to establish an outline enclosing the lesion, the part of the tomosynthesis volume dataset corresponding to a region surrounding the virtual target marker in the tomosynthesis volume dataset; and providing output data, wherein the output data is an outline of a two-dimensional area or a three-dimensional volume surrounding the target marker.

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