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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventor:
Andreas Fieselmann, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); A61B 5/4312 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10116 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20036 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30068 (2013.01);
Abstract
The embodiments relate to a method, an apparatus, and a computer program for evaluating an x-ray image of a breast produced during a mammography. In order to simplify the evaluation of such an x-ray image in respect of the breast density, a method is proposed to automatically determine the masking risk caused by the mammographically dense tissue and to use this for categorizing, describing, and/or representing the breast density.