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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2008
Ashwini Kshirsagar, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ashwini Kshirsagar, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and related computer program products are provided for processing a medical image of a breast to detect anatomical abnormalities therein, including anatomical abnormalities that may be associated with breast cancer. The medical image of the breast, which includes a background region bordering a breast tissue region along a skinline thereof, is processed to detect an inward-facing retraction along the skinline, which can be potentially indicative of an anatomical abnormality in the breast tissue. In one preferred embodiment, a display monitor displays first information representative of the medical image of the breast and second information identifying a location of the detected inward-facing retraction on the medical image of the breast. In another preferred embodiment, one or more metrics characterizing the detected inward-facing retraction are used as features in the classification of potential CAD detections in the breast tissue region.