3-D localization of clustered microcalcifications using cranio-caudal and medio-lateral oblique view
US6614921B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 20, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S128/915
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method using CC and MLO views localized in a display in 3-D as a breast virtual model, incorporating, feature capturing using gradient, energy and entropy codes, calibration classification according to features using binary decision trees, nipple detection, and 3-D spatial coordinate transformation and display of breast clustered microcalcifications.
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