System and method for navigating a tomosynthesis stack using synthesized image data
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1. A method for processing, displaying and navigating breast tissue images, comprising:
- obtaining a plurality of 2D and/or 3D images of a patient'"'"'s breast, wherein respective images of the obtained plurality of images contain one or more regions defined by X,Y coordinate locations that are common for multiple images of the plurality;
generating a synthesized 2D image of the patient'"'"'s breast by importing respective regions of individual images of the plurality into a merged image, wherein an image from which a respective region is imported into the merged image comprises a source image for that region, and wherein the imported regions are selected to be incorporated into the merged image at X,Y coordinate locations corresponding to X,Y coordinate locations of the respective regions in their source image based upon a comparison of one or more attributes of the respective region in each image of the plurality that contains the respective region.
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A system and method for displaying and navigating breast tissue is configured for or includes obtaining a plurality of 2D and/or 3D images of a patient'"'"'s breast; generating a synthesized 2D image of the breast from the obtained images; displaying the synthesized 2D image; receiving a user command, or otherwise detecting through a user interface, a user selection or other indication of an object or region in the synthesized 2D image; and displaying at least a portion of one or more images from the plurality, including a source image and/or most similar representation of the user selected or indicated object or region.
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1. A method for processing, displaying and navigating breast tissue images, comprising:
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obtaining a plurality of 2D and/or 3D images of a patient'"'"'s breast, wherein respective images of the obtained plurality of images contain one or more regions defined by X,Y coordinate locations that are common for multiple images of the plurality; generating a synthesized 2D image of the patient'"'"'s breast by importing respective regions of individual images of the plurality into a merged image, wherein an image from which a respective region is imported into the merged image comprises a source image for that region, and wherein the imported regions are selected to be incorporated into the merged image at X,Y coordinate locations corresponding to X,Y coordinate locations of the respective regions in their source image based upon a comparison of one or more attributes of the respective region in each image of the plurality that contains the respective region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for processing, displaying and navigating breast tissue images, comprising:
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obtaining a plurality of tomosynthesis images comprising volumetric image data of a patient'"'"'s breast, wherein respective tomosynthesis images of the plurality contain one or more regions defined by X,Y coordinate locations that are common for multiple tomosynthesis images of the plurality; importing one or more objects and/or regions from the tomosynthesis images into a synthesized 2D image based upon a comparison of one or more attributes of the respective region between respective tomosynthesis images that contain the one or more objects and/or regions, wherein an image from which respective object or region is imported into the synthesized 2D image comprises a source image for that object or region; displaying the synthesized 2D image; receiving a user command, or otherwise detecting through a user interface, a user selection or other indication of an object or region in the synthesized 2D image; and displaying at least a portion of one or more tomosynthesis images from the plurality, including a source image of the user selected or indicated object or region. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for processing, displaying and navigating breast tissue images, comprising:
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obtaining a plurality of 2D and/or 3D images of a patient'"'"'s breast, wherein respective images of the obtained plurality of images contain one or more regions defined by X,Y coordinate locations that are common for multiple images of the plurality; importing respective regions from the obtained plurality of images into a synthesized 2D image, wherein an image from which a respective region is imported into the synthesized 2D image comprises a source image for that region, the imported regions are incorporated into the merged image at X,Y coordinate locations corresponding to X,Y coordinate locations of the respective regions in their source image, and wherein one of each said regions is imported from the plurality of images into the synthesized 2D image based upon a comparison of one or more attributes of the respective region in each image that contains the respective region; displaying the synthesized 2D image; detecting through a user interface a location of a user movable input device in the displayed synthesized 2D image; and concurrently displaying a respective source image of a tissue structure or region that corresponds to a given location of a user movable input device in the displayed synthesized 2D image. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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