Breast tomosynthesis with display of highlighted suspected calcifications
US8131049B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 23, 2009 |
| Grant date | Mar 6, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V2201/032
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems and methods that facilitate the presentation and assessment of selected features in projection and/or reconstructed breast images, such as calcifications that meet selected criteria of size, shape, presence in selected slice images, distribution of pixels that could be indicative of calcification relative to other pixels or of other image features of clinical interest.
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