System and method for generating and displaying tomosynthesis image slabs
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1. A system for processing breast tissue images, comprising:
- an image processing computer configured toobtain image data of breast tissue,process the image data to generate a set of reconstructed image slices, the reconstructed image slices collectively depicting the breast tissue, andprocess respective subsets of the reconstructed image slices to generate a set of image slabs,wherein each image slab of the set comprises comprising a synthesized 2D image of a portion of the breast tissue obtained from a respective subset of the set of reconstructed image slices,wherein adjacent image slabs of the set include an overlap number of successive reconstructed image slices, andwherein the respective 2D synthesized image of each image slab does not correspond to an image that was acquired during imaging of the breast tissue.
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Abstract
A system for processing breast tissue images includes an image processing computer and a user interface operatively coupled to the image processing computer, wherein the image processing computer is configured to obtain image data of breast tissue, processing the image data to generate a set of reconstructed image slices, the reconstructed image slices collectively depicting the breast tissue, process respective subsets of the reconstructed image slices to generate a set of image slabs, each image slab comprising a synthesized 2D image of a portion of the breast tissue obtained from a respective subset of the set of reconstructed image slices.
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1. A system for processing breast tissue images, comprising:
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an image processing computer configured to obtain image data of breast tissue, process the image data to generate a set of reconstructed image slices, the reconstructed image slices collectively depicting the breast tissue, and process respective subsets of the reconstructed image slices to generate a set of image slabs, wherein each image slab of the set comprises comprising a synthesized 2D image of a portion of the breast tissue obtained from a respective subset of the set of reconstructed image slices, wherein adjacent image slabs of the set include an overlap number of successive reconstructed image slices, and wherein the respective 2D synthesized image of each image slab does not correspond to an image that was acquired during imaging of the breast tissue. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for processing breast tissue images, comprising:
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an image processing computer configured to obtain image data of breast tissue, process the obtained image data to generate a set of reconstructed image slices, the reconstructed image slices collectively depicting the breast tissue, and process respective subsets of the reconstructed image slices to generate a set of image slabs, wherein each image slab comprises a synthesized 2D image of a portion of the breast tissue obtained from a respective subset, wherein each image slab is generated using an enhancement mechanism that is selected or modified based on a number of reconstructed image slices from which the respective image slab is generated, and wherein the respective 2D synthesized image of each image slab does not correspond to an image that was acquired during imaging of the breast tissue. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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