Matching geometry generation and display of mammograms and tomosynthesis images

A method and a system for using tomosynthesis projection images of a patient's breast to reconstruct slice tomosynthesis images such that anatomical structures that appear superimposed in a mammogram are at conforming locations in the reconstructed images.

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Main Authors REN BAORUI, WILSON KEVIN, RUTH CHRISTOPHER, SMITH ANDREW P, STEIN JAY A
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 10.04.2012
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
PHYSICS
PRESENTATION OF DATA
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
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Summary:A method and a system for using tomosynthesis projection images of a patient's breast to reconstruct slice tomosynthesis images such that anatomical structures that appear superimposed in a mammogram are at conforming locations in the reconstructed images.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20090535343