Image handling and display in x-ray mammography and tomosynthesis
US8285020B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 15, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 15, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30068
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and system for acquiring, processing, storing, and displaying x-ray mammograms Mp tomosynthesis images Tr representative of breast slices, and x-ray tomosynthesis projection images Tp taken at different angles to a breast, where the Tr images are reconstructed from Tp images.
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