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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2013
Applicants:
Wei Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Shih-ping Wang, Los Altos, CA (US);
Alexander Schneider, Los Altos, CA (US);
Nico Karssemeijer, Beek-Ubbergen, NL;
Inventors:
Wei Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Shih-Ping Wang, Los Altos, CA (US);
Alexander Schneider, Los Altos, CA (US);
Nico Karssemeijer, Beek-Ubbergen, NL;
Assignee:
QView, INC, Los Altos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/0825 (2013.01); A61B 8/5238 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30068 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for processing and displaying breast ultrasound information is described. A 2D feature weighted volumetric coronal image as a 'guide' or 'road map' is generated from the 3D ultrasound data volume to represent the 3D dataset with the goal of emphasizing abnormalities within the breast while excluding non-breast structures, particularly those external to the breast such as ribs and chest wall.