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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2018
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Guy Amit, Ganei Tikva, IL;
Aviad Zlotnick, Mitzpeh Netofah, IL;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10116 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30068 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method comprising receiving a digital mammogram of a human breast; automatically extracting a contour boundary of said breast in said digital mammogram; automatically calculating a convex hull for said contour boundary; automatically comparing said contour boundary to said convex hull, to detect a plurality of gap segments, wherein each of said plurality of gap segments has an associated inflection point; and automatically determining a nipple location along said contour boundary as between a pair of said inflection points.