System and method for reducing data transmission volume in tomosynthesis
First Claim
1. A method for processing and communicating breast tissue image data, comprising:
- obtaining image data of a patient'"'"'s breast tissue, the obtained image data having an acquired image resolution;
processing the image data to form a first subset thereof, wherein the first subset of image data is configured to generate one or more lower resolution images of at least a portion of the patient'"'"'s breast tissue, the one or more lower resolution images having a resolution lower than the acquired image resolution;
transmitting the first subset of the image data to a user computer;
receiving, from the user computer, a user request for higher resolution images of the patient'"'"'s breast tissue that include a user identified feature, object or region in the one or more lower resolution images;
in response to the received user request, further processing the image data to form a second subset thereof, wherein the second subset of the image data is configured to generate one or more higher resolution images of the patient'"'"'s breast tissue that include the user identified feature, object or region, the one or more higher resolution images having a resolution that is higher than the resolution of the one or more lower resolution images; and
transmitting the second subset of the image data to the user computer.
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Abstract
A method for processing and communicating breast tissue image data includes obtaining image data of a patient'"'"'s breast tissue, processing the image data to form a first subset thereof, transmitting the first subset of the image data to a user computer, receiving a user request from the user computer based on the one or more lower resolution images, processing the image data to form a second subset thereof, and transmitting the second subset of the image data to the user computer. The second subset of the obtained image data is responsive to the user request. The first and second subsets of obtained image data are sufficient to generate one or more respective lower and higher resolution images of respective portions of the patient'"'"'s breast tissue.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for processing and communicating breast tissue image data, comprising:
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obtaining image data of a patient'"'"'s breast tissue, the obtained image data having an acquired image resolution; processing the image data to form a first subset thereof, wherein the first subset of image data is configured to generate one or more lower resolution images of at least a portion of the patient'"'"'s breast tissue, the one or more lower resolution images having a resolution lower than the acquired image resolution; transmitting the first subset of the image data to a user computer; receiving, from the user computer, a user request for higher resolution images of the patient'"'"'s breast tissue that include a user identified feature, object or region in the one or more lower resolution images; in response to the received user request, further processing the image data to form a second subset thereof, wherein the second subset of the image data is configured to generate one or more higher resolution images of the patient'"'"'s breast tissue that include the user identified feature, object or region, the one or more higher resolution images having a resolution that is higher than the resolution of the one or more lower resolution images; and transmitting the second subset of the image data to the user computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for processing and communicating breast tissue image data, comprising:
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acquiring image data of a patient'"'"'s breast tissue at an acquired image resolution; processing the acquired image data to form a first subset thereof, wherein the first subset of the acquired image data is configured to generate one or more lower resolution images of at least a portion of the patient'"'"'s breast tissue, the one or more lower resolution images having a resolution lower than the acquired image resolution; transmitting the first subset of the acquired image data to a user computer; receiving, from the user computer, a user request for one or more higher resolution images corresponding to one or more of the one or more lower resolution images; in response to the received user request, processing the acquired image data to form a second subset thereof, wherein the second subset of the acquired image data is configured to generate the requested one or more higher resolution images, the one or more higher resolution images having a resolution that is higher than the resolution of the one or more lower resolution images but not higher than the acquired image resolution; and transmitting the second subset of the image data to the user computer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for processing and communicating breast tissue image data, comprising:
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obtaining image data of a patient'"'"'s breast tissue, the obtained image data having an acquired image resolution; processing the image data of the patient'"'"'s breast tissue to form a first subset thereof, wherein the first subset of image data is configured to generate one or more lower resolution images of at least a portion of the patient'"'"'s breast tissue in which a feature, object or region is automatically highlighted, the one or more lower resolution images having a resolution lower than the acquired image resolution; transmitting the first subset of the image data to a user computer; receiving, from the user computer, a user request for higher resolution images of the patient'"'"'s breast tissue that include the automatically highlighted feature, object or region; in response to the received user request, processing the image data of the patient'"'"'s breast tissue to form a second subset thereof, wherein the second subset of the image data is configured to generate one or more higher resolution images of the patient'"'"'s breast tissue that include the automatically highlighted feature, object or region, the one or more higher resolution images having a resolution that is higher than the resolution of the one or more lower resolution images; and transmitting the second subset of the image data to the user computer. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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