Volpara Health Technologies Limited

Kaier Wang

Ralph Highnam

Melissa Hill

The present invention relates to a method and system for the transformation of raw mammograms to normalised presentation and where the pixel values are independent of imaging conditions. The performed method includes: contrast enhancement, for improved visibility of the breast tissue composition, whereby a region of the breast is segmented and a contrast-stretching algorithm applied to the segmented region to preferably create an enhanced raw image or mammogram; local 'maximum' transform, whereby a 2-dimensional first filter is designed to extract the maximum pixel value from a region of interest (ROI) to preferably create a local maximum image or map; ratio map derivation, whereby the pixel value of the ratio map measures a relative response of the said pixel to its local maximum thus capturing the difference between breast composition regardless of mammogram variations.

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Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Kaier Wang