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Method and apparatus for tomosynthesis projection imaging for detection of radiological signs

US7974455B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Gero Peters · Paris, FR
Serge Muller · Guyancourt, FR
Sylvain Bernard · Buc, FR
Razvan Iordache · Paris, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 10, 2006
Grant date	Jul 5, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 9, 2029

Classification

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

Abstract

In a method and apparatus for image processing an algorithm is used to detect radiological signals in a series of 3D data. The algorithm indicates the position of a radiological signs in a digital volume by means of markers. The algorithm has the potential to distinguish automatically between malignant elements and benign elements. The algorithm comprises a fuzzy logic approach to explain the ambiguities in the image. The algorithm is applied directly to the radiography projection images.

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