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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.:

US 12475992 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2023

System and method for navigating a tomosynthesis stack including automatic focusing

Applicant:

Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);

Inventors:

Jin-Long Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Haili Chui, Fremont, CA (US);

Kevin Kreeger, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Xiangwei Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);

Attorney:

Merchant & Gould P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Vincent Rudolph

Assistant Examiner:

Timothy undefined Choi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 30/40 (2018.01); A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/46 (2024.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06T 3/40 (2024.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 30/40 (2018.01); A61B 6/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/469 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 6/5211 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06T 3/40 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 11/001 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10112 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30068 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30168 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for reviewing a tomosynthesis image data set comprising volumetric image data of a breast, the method comprising, in one embodiment, causing an image or a series of images from the data set to be displayed on a display monitor and selecting or indicating through a user interface an object or region of interest in a presently displayed image of the data set, thereby causing an image from the data set having a best focus measure of the user selected or indicated object or region of interest to be automatically displayed on the display monitor.

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