MATCHING GEOMETRY GENERATION AND DISPLAY OF MAMMOGRAMS AND TOMOSYNTHESIS
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Abstract
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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38 Claims
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22. A method comprising:
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imaging a breast so as to acquire digital information corresponding to a plurality of 2D x-ray tomosynthesis projection images of the breast taken at different angles; generating, from the digital information, a plurality of reconstructed tomosynthesis images representative of respective breast slices; obtaining a 2D mammogram image of the breast; and displaying at least one of the plurality of reconstructed tomosynthesis images representative of respective breast slices and the 2D mammogram image of the breast. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method comprising:
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displaying a tomosynthesis image representative of a slice of a breast; displaying a 2D mammogram image of the breast; and superimposing a marker on each of the displayed tomosynthesis image and the displayed 2D mammogram image, wherein the marker corresponds to a single predetermined location within the breast. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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