Correlating geometric shapes of segmented regions by at least two different imaging technologies for improved identification of breast lesions

A computer system for the improved identification of breast lesions via multimodal imaging, characterized in that the computer system comprises a processor, a storage unit and means of visualization of medical images, the processor being is-configured and the storage unit including recorded program instructions for implementing a computational method for improved identification of breast lesions comprising the steps of:

• a) obtaining by the processor a plurality of digital images of a breast section, at least two of these images being obtained by different imaging technologies,
• b) registering by the processor one or more regions of interest in the digital images of a breast section, to be identified,
• c) segmenting by the processor said regions of interest, thus obtaining segmented regions, and determining, by the processor, geometric shapes of each of the segmented regions, each of the geometric shapes consisting of one or more polygons,
• d) correlating by the processor the segmented regions of the various digital images obtained by at least two different imaging technologies based on the determined geometric shapes of each of the segmented regions and,
• e) based on said correlation, identifying by the processor one or more breast lesions by means of said geometric shapes, and presenting by the processor one of said geometric shapes in the segmented regions of at least one of said digital images obtained by at least two different imaging technologies, in the means of visualization of medical images.

A composite system for the improved identification of breast lesions via multimodal imaging characterized in that it comprises at least two different imaging technology equipment, said equipment preferably being of imaging by mammography, ultrasound and/or magnetic resonance and a computer system for the improved identification of breast lesions, wherein the computer system further comprises a processor, a storage unit and means of visualization of medical images, the processor being configured and the storage unit including recorded program instructions for implementing a computational method for improved identification of breast lesions comprising the steps of:

• a) obtaining by the processor a plurality of digital images of a breast section, at least two of these images being obtained by different imaging technologies,
• b) registering by the processor one or more regions of interest in the digital images of a breast section, to be identified,
• c) segmenting by the processor said regions of interest, thus obtaining segmented regions, and determining, by the processor, geometric shapes of each of the segmented regions, each of the geometric shapes consisting of one or more polygons,
• d) correlating by the processor the segmented regions of the various digital images obtained by at least two different imaging technologies based on the determined geometric shapes of each of the segmented regions and,
• e) based on said correlation, identifying by the processor one or more breast lesions by means of said geometric shapes, and presenting by the processor one of said geometric shapes in the segmented regions of at least one of said digital images obtained by at least two different imaging technologies, in the means of visualization of medical images.