GENERATING A SYNTHETIC TWO-DIMENSIONAL MAMMOGRAM
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1. A method for generating a synthetic two-dimensional mammogram with enhanced contrast for structures of interest, the method comprising:
- acquiring, with a medical scanner, a three-dimensional digital breast tomosynthesis volume having a plurality of voxels;
generating a three-dimensional relevance map that encodes for the plurality of voxels a relevance of an underlying structure for a diagnosis; and
calculating a synthetic two-dimensional mammogram based on the three-dimensional digital breast tomosynthesis volume and the three-dimensional relevance map.
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Abstract
A method for generating a synthetic two-dimensional mammogram with enhanced contrast for structures of interest includes acquiring a three-dimensional digital breast tomosynthesis volume having a plurality of voxels. A three-dimensional relevance map that encodes for the voxels the relevance of the underlying structure for a diagnosis is generated. A synthetic two-dimensional mammogram is calculated based on the three-dimensional digital breast tomosynthesis volume and the three-dimensional relevance map.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for generating a synthetic two-dimensional mammogram with enhanced contrast for structures of interest, the method comprising:
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acquiring, with a medical scanner, a three-dimensional digital breast tomosynthesis volume having a plurality of voxels; generating a three-dimensional relevance map that encodes for the plurality of voxels a relevance of an underlying structure for a diagnosis; and calculating a synthetic two-dimensional mammogram based on the three-dimensional digital breast tomosynthesis volume and the three-dimensional relevance map. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mammographic device for generating a synthetic two-dimensional mammogram with enhanced contrast for structures of interest, the mammographic device comprising:
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an imaging device configured to acquire a three-dimensional digital breast tomosynthesis volume having a plurality of voxels; and one or more processors configured to; generate a three-dimensional relevance map that encodes for the plurality of voxels a relevance of an underlying structure for a diagnosis; and calculate a synthetic two-dimensional mammogram based on the three-dimensional digital breast tomosynthesis volume and the three-dimensional relevance map.
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16. In a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a computer to generate a synthetic two-dimensional mammogram with enhanced contrast for structures of interest, the instructions comprising:
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acquiring a three-dimensional digital breast tomosynthesis volume having a plurality of voxels; generating a three-dimensional relevance map that encodes for the plurality of voxels a relevance of an underlying structure for a diagnosis; and calculating a synthetic two-dimensional mammogram based on the three-dimensional digital breast tomosynthesis volume and the three-dimensional relevance map.
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