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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2006
Applicants:
Tao Wu, Woburn, MA (US);
Richard H. Moore, Concord, MA (US);
Daniel B. Kopans, Waban, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A peripheral equalization (PE) method and apparatus for compensating for thickness reduction in outer edges of the breast in a mammogram (i.e. a two-dimensional image) while keeping the central area substantially unchanged. The PE method and apparatus can also be applied to three dimensional (tomosynthesis) images of a breast. The peripheral equalization is achieved by segmenting the image of the breast into at least two regions and using a multi-threshold technique to process the data in at least one of the two regions.