Patent ID: 9256939
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: A61B,G06K,G06T,G16H

Claim Text:
1. A method for aligning a plurality of physically scaled mammography images within at least one viewport, the method comprising: categorizing each of the plurality of physically scaled mammography images based on a corresponding mammography view; determining image dimensions of each of the plurality of physically scaled mammography images based on pixel spacing; selecting a first mammography image from the plurality of physically scaled mammography images for each corresponding mammography view based on the image dimensions; centering the first mammography image within the at least one viewport; generating a virtual line across the at least one viewport based on a boundary of the first mammography image; and aligning each of the plurality of physically scaled mammography images corresponding to the mammography view such that a boundary of each of the plurality of physically scaled mammography images is aligned with the virtual line.