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Matching geometry generation and display of mammograms and tomosynthesis images

US7702142B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 15, 2005
Grant dateApr 20, 2010
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Expiry dateNov 22, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30068
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and a system for using tomosynthesis projection images of a patient's breast to reconstruct slice tomosynthesis images such that anatomical structures that appear superimposed in a mammogram are at conforming locations in the reconstructed images.

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