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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2000
Keith W. Hartman, Redwood City, CA (US);
Julian Marshall, Los Altos, CA (US);
Alexander C. Schneider, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jimmy R. Roehrig, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Keith W. Hartman, Redwood City, CA (US);
Julian Marshall, Los Altos, CA (US);
Alexander C. Schneider, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jimmy R. Roehrig, Palo Alto, CA (US);
R2 Technology, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for computer-aided detection of abnormal lesions in digital mammograms is described, wherein digital films are processed using an automated and computerized method of detecting the order and orientation of a set of films. In one embodiment, anatomic features are used to detect the order, orientation and identification of a film series. In another embodiment of the invention, a technologist feeds films into the system in any order and orientation. After processing, the system provides an output on a display device to a radiologist that is in an order and orientation preferred by the radiologist. In yet another embodiment of the invention, films from one case are distinguished from films of another case. In this manner and through the use of a bulk loader, a large number of films can be stacked together and fed into the system at one time.