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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Inventors:
Nikolaos Gkanatsios, Danbury, CT (US);
Loren Niklason, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Ian Shaw, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Christopher Ruth, Danvers, MA (US);
Andrew P. Smith, Lexington, MA (US);
Jay A. Stein, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/04855 (2022.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04855 (2013.01); A61B 6/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/464 (2013.01); A61B 6/465 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 11/006 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10112 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20068 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30068 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for acquiring, processing, storing, and displaying x-ray mammograms Mp tomosynthesis images Tr representative of breast slices, and x-ray tomosynthesis projection images Tp taken at different angles to a breast, where the Tr images are reconstructed from Tp images.