Method and apparatuses for assisting a diagnosing practitioner with describing the location of a target structure in a breast

US9962129B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

• Anna Jerebko · Eschborn, DE
• Michael Kelm · Friedberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 2016
• Grant date: May 8, 2018
• Expiry date: Nov 10, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30096
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An operating method assists a diagnosing practitioner with describing the location of a target structure in a tomosynthesis image data record of a compressed breast of a patient. The target structure is localized by a first spatial information item. The method includes: a) ascertaining a first shape information item describing at least one first, compressed breast shape in the tomosynthesis image data record, b) determining a second shape information item describing the breast in a non-compressed breast shape, from the first shape information item, c) mapping the position of the target structure from the compressed breast shape and to the non-compressed breast shape using at least the second shape information item for ascertaining a second spatial information item relating to the non-compressed breast shape, and d) transforming the second spatial information item into a pictogram information item facilitating an abstracted pictorial representation and/or describing the latter.