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Generating a synthetic two-dimensional mammogram

US9792703B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Maria Jimena Costa · Nuremberg, DE
Anna Jerebko · Eschborn, DE
Michael Kelm · Friedberg, DE
Olivier Pauly · Munich, DE
Alexey Tsymbal · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 6, 2015
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 6, 2035

Classification

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

Abstract

A method for generating a synthetic two-dimensional mammogram with enhanced contrast for structures of interest includes acquiring a three-dimensional digital breast tomosynthesis volume having a plurality of voxels. A three-dimensional relevance map that encodes for the voxels the relevance of the underlying structure for a diagnosis is generated. A synthetic two-dimensional mammogram is calculated based on the three-dimensional digital breast tomosynthesis volume and the three-dimensional relevance map.

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