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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Xin Wang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Bernhard Erich Hermann Claus, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg Davis, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Razvan Gabriel Iordache, Buc, FR;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of breast image reconstruction includes positioning a breast on an imaging system support plate, compressing the breast with a flexible paddle, obtaining imaging data, estimating a breast thickness profile by at least one of placing markers on the breast, performing an image-based analysis of the obtained data, using an auxiliary system, and performing a model-based computation. The three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction including using a thickness profile of the breast surface in at least one of an iterative reconstruction, a filtered back-projection reconstruction, and a joint reconstruction performed using information obtained from an ultrasound scan. A non-transitory medium having executable instructions to cause a processor to perform the method is also disclosed.