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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2011
Gabriele Zingaretti, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jimmy R. Roehrig, Aptos, CA (US);
Julian Marshall, Los Altos, CA (US);
Zhong Tao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gabriele Zingaretti, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jimmy R. Roehrig, Aptos, CA (US);
Julian Marshall, Los Altos, CA (US);
Zhong Tao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for facilitating temporal comparison of medical images is provided, with one exemplary application being for breast mammograms. In one embodiment, prior and subsequent mammographic images of a breast acquired using at least partially different mammogram acquisition systems are displayed for simultaneous viewing on a same mammogram display at an identical tissue distance per unit display distance without requiring a scale-adjusting viewer input. Also described are other embodiments for optimally scaling, windowing and/or otherwise advantageously processing and/or displaying prior and subsequent mammographic image sets in manners that facilitate temporal comparison therebetween.