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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2010
Mark L. Palmeri, Durham, NC (US);
Veronica Rotemberg, Durham, NC (US);
Stephen J. Rosenzweig, Durham, NC (US);
Kathryn R. Nightingale, Durham, NC (US);
Mark L. Palmeri, Durham, NC (US);
Veronica Rotemberg, Durham, NC (US);
Stephen J. Rosenzweig, Durham, NC (US);
Kathryn R. Nightingale, Durham, NC (US);
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A system for identifying a presence of an object in a tissue region of interest includes a controller configured to obtain first and second image data sets from the region of interest. A contrast identification module is configured to identify a contrasting region of altered stiffness in the first image data set corresponding to an object in the tissue region of interest. An image data enhancement module is configured to identify the object in the second image data set based on the contrasting region of altered stiffness in the first image data set.