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Method, control system, and computer program for compression of digital breast tomosynthesis data

US9275478B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Anna Jerebko · Eschborn, DE
Eva Rumpel · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 5, 2013
Grant date	Mar 1, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 4, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2211/436
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for compressing digital breast tomosynthesis data, a system and a control unit for image reconstruction of three-dimensional digital breast tomosynthesis volumes (DBT). The volume to be reconstructed is analyzed in order to identify clusters of regions in the volume with a low and high degree of diagnostically relevant information. Depending on the affiliation or belonging to a certain cluster, a specific reconstruction algorithm and a specific slab thickness are determined in order to be used for reconstruction of the cluster. Thus, different clusters are reconstructed differently.

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