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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1997
David M Tumey, San Antonio, TX (US);
Tony Xu, San Antonio, TX (US);
Abdou F DeBan, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Jonathon W Reeves, Yellow Springs, OH (US);
David B McQuain, Dayton, OH (US);
William H Reeves, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Carole C Reeves, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Elias D Aboujaoude, Xenia, OH (US);
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for detection of precancerous and cancerous conditions in a breast is provided and includes a computer for digitizing at least one of a mammogram image data and a (scinti)mammogram image data of a breast, computer-based software operably associated with the computer based means for manipulating at least one of said digitized mammogram image data and said digitized (scinti)mammogram image data and generating at least one of a mammogram ROI image and a (scinti)mammogram ROI image data indicative of precancerous and cancerous condition, and monitor operably associated with the computer based means for concurrently visually displaying at least one of said digitized mammogram image data and said digitized (scinti)mammogram image data and said mammogram ROI image and said (scinti)mammogram ROI image data in a superimposed manner.