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Imaging tomosynthesis system, in particular mammography system

US9401019B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Frank Dennerlein · Forchheim, DE
Andreas Fieselmann · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 27, 2015
Grant date	Jul 26, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 27, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG09G2380/08
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An imaging tomosynthesis system, in particular a mammography system, includes a computer system which generates x-ray projections of an examination object from a plurality of projection angles. The system further reconstructs a stack of tomosynthetic slice images, generates at least one overview image of density values of an examination object from the tomosynthetic image data, selects characteristic density values in the stack at at least one plane position, and determines the geometric level of the at least one selected characteristic density value. The overview image is then displayed with a color value correlated to the geometric level of the at least one characteristic density value.

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