Dual-magnify-glass visualization for soft-copy mammography viewing

Abstract

This invention provides a dual-magnify-glass viewing method for a mammography workstation. In particular, the invention includes a method that registers regions of interest on a pair of mammography images and provides a user interface to visualize the paired full resolution or magnified images in a synchronized style. The paired images are two views that can be either left and right bilateral mammogram views; two alternative projection mammogram views, or corresponding current and prior same mammogram views. The paired images can also be two views from different modalities, such as, X-ray and ultrasound images. This invention can be used to aid the radiologist to more effectively view mammography or other breast images.

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