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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2002
John J. Heine, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Robert P. Velthuizen, Livingston, NJ (US);
Jerry Alan Thomas, Potomac, MD (US);
John J. Heine, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Robert P. Velthuizen, Livingston, NJ (US);
Jerry Alan Thomas, Potomac, MD (US);
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a method of determining breast cancer risk including the steps of establishing a risk probably value associated with a patient, the risk probability value calculated from an array of risk factors associated with breast cancer, applying a computer algorithm adapted to find abnormalities in the patient's mammogram, and increasing the tolerance level for false positive results in the computer algorithm responsive to a higher probability value associated with the patient and decreasing the tolerance level for false positive results in the computer algorithm responsive to a lower probability value associated with the patient.