Matching geometry generation and display of mammograms and tomosynthesis images
US8155421B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 4, 2009 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 18, 2029 |
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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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