Image handling and display in X-ray mammography and tomosynthesis
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1. A method of displaying tomosynthesis images, the method comprising:
- obtaining a first set of tomosynthesis images, wherein the first set of tomosynthesis images includes a first number of images;
obtaining a second set of tomosynthesis images, wherein the second set of tomosynthesis images includes a second number of images different than the first number of images; and
modifying the first set of tomosynthesis images so as to produce a modified first set of tomosynthesis images having a first number of images equal to the second number of images.
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A method and system for acquiring, processing, storing, and displaying x-ray mammograms Mp tomosynthesis images Tr representative of breast slices, and x-ray tomosynthesis projection images Tp taken at different angles to a breast, where the Tr images are reconstructed from Tp images
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1. A method of displaying tomosynthesis images, the method comprising:
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obtaining a first set of tomosynthesis images, wherein the first set of tomosynthesis images includes a first number of images; obtaining a second set of tomosynthesis images, wherein the second set of tomosynthesis images includes a second number of images different than the first number of images; and modifying the first set of tomosynthesis images so as to produce a modified first set of tomosynthesis images having a first number of images equal to the second number of images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of displaying tomosynthesis images, the method comprising:
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acquiring a first set of tomosynthesis images, wherein the first set of tomosynthesis images includes at least one of a first set of tomosynthesis projection images Tp and a first set of tomosynthesis reconstruction images Tr; preparing the first set of tomosynthesis images; obtaining from a storage device a second set of tomosynthesis images, wherein the second set of tomosynthesis images includes at least one of a second set of tomosynthesis projection images Tp and a second set of tomosynthesis reconstruction images Tr; and preparing the second set of tomosynthesis images. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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