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Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2012
Applicant:

Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Iwo Willem Oscar Serlie, Noord Brabant, NL;

Rudolph Martherus, Vlissingen, NL;

Assignee:

Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0083 (2013.01); A61B 5/7275 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G09G 5/14 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10116 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20124 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30068 (2013.01); G09G 2340/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for processing a breast image is described. A glandular tissue contour detector () is arranged for detecting a contour () of a glandular tissue () represented in the breast image (), the glandular tissue detector () detecting the contour of a region within the image that comprises the mammary glands of a breast () represented in the breast image ().The glandular tissue contour detector () comprises a concave hull determiner () for determining a concave hull of the region to obtain the contour ().A display unit () is arranged for displaying the breast image () with the contour () superimposed.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Serlie, Iwo Willem Oscar. (2016). Processing and displaying a breast image with overlaid glandular contour (U.S. Patent No. 9311717). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9311717

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