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US 2014/0112563 A1Published application
Breast Tomosynthesis with Display of Highlighted Suspected Calcifications
AssigneeHologic, Inc.
InventorsChris Ruth, Jay Stein, Loren Niklason, Andrew P. Smith
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Abstract
Systems and methods that facilitate the presentation and assessment of selected features in projection and/or reconstructed breast images, such as calcifications that meet selected criteria of size, shape, presence in selected slice images, distribution of pixels that could be indicative of calcification relative to other pixels or of other image features of clinical interest.
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A method of acquiring and displaying x-ray images, comprising:
- acquiring x-ray image data representing projection images taken at different angles of an origin of imaging x-rays relative to a patient's breast;
- generating tomosynthesis image data from the acquired x-ray image data, wherein the tomosynthesis image data comprises image slices of the patient's breast, each image slice having an orientation and a thickness;
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- displaying one or more of the image slices,
- wherein at least one of the displayed one or more image slices includes an indicator identifying a feature of interest in the respective displayed image slice.
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A method of acquiring and displaying x-ray images, comprising:
- acquiring x-ray image data representing projection images taken at different angles of an origin of imaging x-rays relative to a patient's breast;
- generating tomosynthesis image data from the acquired x-ray image data, wherein the tomosynthesis image data comprises image slices of the patient's breast, each image slice having an orientation and a thickness;
- processing at least one of the x-ray image data and the tomosynthesis image data to identify a feature of interest;
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- displaying one or more of the image slices,
- wherein at least one of the one or more displayed image slices includes an indicator identifying the feature of interest.
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A method of acquiring and displaying x-ray images, comprising:
- acquiring x-ray image data representing projection images taken at different angles of an origin of imaging x-rays relative to a patient's breast;
- generating tomosynthesis image data from the acquired x-ray image data, wherein the tomosynthesis image data comprises image slices of the patient's breast, each image slice having an orientation and a thickness;
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- displaying a plurality of the image slices,
- wherein a first displayed image slice includes an indicator identifying a feature of interest in a second displayed image slice adjacent to the first displayed image slice.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.