Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2011-02-08
2011-02-08
Lu, Tom Y (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
C382S131000, C382S132000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07885443
ABSTRACT:
Methods, systems, and computer program products for facilitating temporal comparison of medical images is provided, with one exemplary application being for breast mammograms. In one embodiment, prior and subsequent mammographic images of a breast acquired using at least partially different mammogram acquisition systems are displayed for simultaneous viewing on a same mammogram display at an identical tissue distance per unit display distance without requiring a scale-adjusting viewer input. Also described are other embodiments for optimally scaling, windowing and/or otherwise advantageously processing and/or displaying prior and subsequent mammographic image sets in manners that facilitate temporal comparison therebetween.
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Marshall Julian
Roehrig Jimmy R.
Tao Zhong
Zingaretti Gabriele
Daiuto Brian J.
Hologic Inc.
Lu Tom Y
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