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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Inventors:
Baorui Ren, Andover, MA (US);
Christopher Ruth, Boxford, MA (US);
Andrew P. Smith, Lexington, MA (US);
Kevin Wilson, Waltham, MA (US);
Jay A. Stein, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
HOLOGIC, INC., Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06T 7/30 (2017.01); G06T 3/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/6201 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); G06T 3/0006 (2013.01); G06T 7/30 (2017.01); G06T 11/006 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30068 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and a system for using tomosynthesis projection images of a patient's breast to reconstruct slice tomosynthesis images such that anatomical structures that appear superimposed in a mammogram are at conforming locations in the reconstructed images.