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Image handling and display in X-ray mammography and tomosynthesis

  • US 9,095,306 B2
  • Filed: 12/24/2008
  • Issued: 08/04/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of displaying x-ray image data comprising:

  • acquiring two-dimensional x-ray projection images of a three-dimensional object obtained by using a tomosynthesis x-ray data acquisition unit that acquires each of the two-dimensional images by projecting an x-ray beam through the object at respective different angles of the beam relative to the object rather than by reconstructing a slice image;

    reconstructing at least a portion of the acquired two-dimensional projection images into three-dimensional image data representing the three-dimensional object;

    concurrently displaying on a display device (a) at least one of said two-dimensional projection x-ray images rather than images produced by reconstructing a slice image and (b) at least a portion of the three-dimensional reconstructed image data.

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