Patent ID: 11935161
Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for generating result slice images with at least partially different slice thickness based on a tomosynthesis image data set of a breast, the method comprising:
generating average value slices and maximum value slices based on the tomosynthesis image data set;
frequency dividing the average value slices into low-pass filtered and high-pass filtered average value slices;
high-pass filtering of first maximum value slices to form high-pass filtered maximum value slices, the first maximum value slices being based on the maximum value slices;
mixing the high-pass filtered maximum value slices and the high-pass filtered average value slices to form mixed high-pass filtered maximum value slices;
combining the low-pass filtered average value slices with first mixed high-pass filtered maximum value slices to form the result slice images, the first mixed high-pass filtered maximum value slices being based on the mixed high-pass filtered maximum value slices; and
applying a moving maximum value across a selected thickness of the maximum value slices to generate the first maximum value slices or across a selected thickness of the mixed high-pass filtered maximum value slices to produce the first mixed high-pass filtered maximum value slices.