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MAMMOGRAPHY/TOMOSYNTHESIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS AUTOMATICALLY DERIVING BREAST CHARACTERISTICS FROM BREAST X-RAY IMAGES AND AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING IMAGE PROCESSING PARAMETERS ACCORDINGLY

  • US 20100226475A1
  • Filed: 03/03/2009
  • Published: 09/09/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A breast x-ray imaging method comprising:

  • acquiring one or more initial x-ray images of a patient'"'"'s breast, each of said images being represented by pixel values related to x-rays received at respective image pixel positions of an x-ray imaging receptor;

    automatically deriving, from said one or more initial x-ray images of the breast, breast characteristics related to selected properties of the imaged breast;

    automatically selecting, based at least in part on the derived breast characteristics, process parameter settings of image processing algorithms having adjustable process parameter settings;

    processing said one or more initial breast images with said image processing algorithms using the selected process parameter settings to thereby derive one or more processed breast images;

    obtaining one or more display images of the breast from said one or more processed breast images; and

    selectively displaying the one or more display images for screening or diagnosis on one or more display devices.

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