System and Method for Detection of Breast Masses and Calcifications Using the Tomosynthesis Projection and Reconstructed Images
First Claim
1. A method of detecting breast masses and calcifications in digitized images, comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of 2-dimensional (2D) digital X-ray projectional breast images acquired from different viewing angles, each said X-ray projectional image comprising a set of intensities on a 2D grid of pixels;
extracting candidate lesions and 2D features from said 2D projectional images;
computing spicularity characteristics of said candidate lesions, said characteristics including, but not limited to, location, periodicity, and amplitude;
applying machine learning algorithms to said candidate lesions to predict a probability of malignancy of said lesion, wherein said learning algorithms have been trained on a training set containing known examples of the features for lesions identified by a physician;
receiving from said learning algorithm a probability map of detections for each breast image, said detections comprising associating pixels with a probability of being associated with a malignancy;
creating a synthetic 2D slice for each X-ray image wherein malignant regions are indicated by ellipses on a non-malignant background; and
constructing a synthetic 3-dimensional (3D) image volume from said 2D synthetic slices.
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Abstract
A method of detecting breast masses and calcifications in digitized images, includes providing a plurality of 2-dimensional (2D) digital X-ray projectional breast images acquired from different viewing angles, extracting candidate lesions and 2D features from said 2D projectional images, computing spicularity characteristics of said candidate lesions, including location, periodicity, and amplitude, applying learning algorithms to said candidate lesions to predict a probability of malignancy of said lesion, receiving from said learning algorithm a probability map of detections for each breast image, said detections comprising associating pixels with a probability of being associated with a malignancy, creating a synthetic 2D slice for each X-ray image wherein malignant regions are indicated by ellipses on a non-malignant background, and constructing a synthetic 3-dimensional (3D) image volume from said 2D synthetic slices.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of detecting breast masses and calcifications in digitized images, comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of 2-dimensional (2D) digital X-ray projectional breast images acquired from different viewing angles, each said X-ray projectional image comprising a set of intensities on a 2D grid of pixels;
extracting candidate lesions and 2D features from said 2D projectional images;
computing spicularity characteristics of said candidate lesions, said characteristics including, but not limited to, location, periodicity, and amplitude;
applying machine learning algorithms to said candidate lesions to predict a probability of malignancy of said lesion, wherein said learning algorithms have been trained on a training set containing known examples of the features for lesions identified by a physician;
receiving from said learning algorithm a probability map of detections for each breast image, said detections comprising associating pixels with a probability of being associated with a malignancy;
creating a synthetic 2D slice for each X-ray image wherein malignant regions are indicated by ellipses on a non-malignant background; and
constructing a synthetic 3-dimensional (3D) image volume from said 2D synthetic slices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of detecting breast masses and calcifications in digitized images, comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of 2-dimensional (2D) digital X-ray breast images acquired from different viewing angles, said X-ray image comprising a set of intensities on a 2D grid of pixels;
constructing a 3-dimensional (3D) image volume from said 2D X-ray breast images;
computing spicularity characteristics of said candidate lesions, said characteristics including, but not limited to, location, periodicity, and amplitude;
extracting 3D features from said image volume using a machine learning algorithm;
applying machine learning algorithms to said candidate lesions to predict a probability of malignancy of said lesion, wherein said learning algorithms have been trained on a training set containing known examples of the features for lesions identified by a physician;
receiving from said learning algorithm a probability map of detections for each breast image, said detections comprising associating pixels with a probability of being associated with a malignancy; and
thresholding said detections in said 3D image volume wherein only those detections whose probability is above said threshold are visualized. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A program storage device readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform the method steps for detecting breast masses and calcifications in digitized images, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of 2-dimensional (2D) digital X-ray projectional breast images acquired from different viewing angles, each said X-ray projectional image comprising a set of intensities on a 2D grid of pixels;
extracting candidate lesions and 2D features from said 2D projectional images;
computing spicularity characteristics of said candidate lesions, said characteristics including, but not limited to, location, periodicity, and amplitude;
applying machine learning algorithms to said candidate lesions to predict a probability of malignancy of said lesion, wherein said learning algorithms have been trained on a training set containing known examples of the features for lesions identified by a physician;
receiving from said learning algorithm a probability map of detections for each breast image, said detections comprising associating pixels with a probability of being associated with a malignancy;
creating a synthetic 2D slice for each X-ray image wherein malignant regions are indicated by ellipses on a non-malignant background; and
constructing a synthetic 3-dimensional (3D) image volume from said 2D synthetic slices. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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