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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2008
Peter Heinlein, München, DE;
Wilfried Schneider, Wittenbeck, DE;
Marco Blumenthal, Jena, DE;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing digital mammographic images. The method and apparatus providing comparable mammographic images regardless of the imaging device generating the raw mammographic images. The processed mammographic images may be displayed with optimal global and local contrast, enhanced sharpness, and without the need to apply window level settings or data from lookup tables. A second mammographic image is generated out of a processed first mammographic image in such a way that the projected object, the breast, is more perceptible and obvious for a physician or other medical professional reviewing the mammographic image.