Processing and displaying a breast image with overlaid glandular contour
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1. A system for processing a breast image, comprising:
- a glandular tissue contour detector that detects a contour of a glandular tissue represented in the breast image, the glandular tissue contour detector cornprising a concave hull determiner that determines a concave hull of a region in the breast image comprising the mammary glands of a breast so as to obtain the contour; and
a display unit that displays the breast image with the contour superimposed.
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Abstract
A system for processing a breast image is described. A glandular tissue contour detector (1) is arranged for detecting a contour (407) of a glandular tissue (303) represented in the breast image (310), the glandular tissue detector (1) detecting the contour of a region within the image that comprises the mammary glands of a breast (301) represented in the breast image (310).The glandular tissue contour detector (1) comprises a concave hull determiner (2) for determining a concave hull of the region to obtain the contour (407).A display unit (3) is arranged for displaying the breast image (310) with the contour (407) superimposed.
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1. A system for processing a breast image, comprising:
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a glandular tissue contour detector that detects a contour of a glandular tissue represented in the breast image, the glandular tissue contour detector cornprising a concave hull determiner that determines a concave hull of a region in the breast image comprising the mammary glands of a breast so as to obtain the contour; and a display unit that displays the breast image with the contour superimposed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20)
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4. The system according to dam 3, wherein the first breast image and the second breast image are displayed concurrently.
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11. A method of processing a breast image, comprising:
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detecting a contour of a glandular tissue represented in the breast image, including determining a concave hull of a region within the image that comprises the mammary glands of a breast represented in the breast image so as to obtain the contour; and displaying at least a portion of the breast image with the contour superimposed. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that includes a program that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:
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obtain one or more breast images, analyze each breast image to determine a corresponding contour of a glandular tissue within the breast image, including determining a concave hull of a region within the image that comprises mammary glands; and provide a display of at least a portion of each breast image with the corresponding contour superimposed. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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