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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Seoul National University R&db Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Jong Hyo Kim, Seoul, KR;
Youngwoo Kim, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0087 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/0081 (2013.01); G06T 11/001 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10116 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20008 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20076 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20104 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20161 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30068 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30096 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is an automated mammographic density estimation method using statistical image information, the method including a preprocessing step of reading the mammogram, segmenting a breast area and shifting pixel values; a step of constructing a tissue probability map in which population-based probability information is extracted, and a probability map for glandular and adipose tissues is constructed; and a density estimation step in which a breast area is segmented based on the constructed tissue probability map and a mammographic density is calculated.