Patent ID: 7577282
Filing Date: 2009-08-18
Classification: A61B,G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of acquiring and displaying x-ray images comprising: acquiring x-ray mammography image data Mp representative of projection mammography images of patients' breasts and x-ray tomosynthesis image data Tp representative of projection images Tp taken at different angles of an origin of imaging x-rays relative to the patients' breasts, from an acquisition unit configured to selectively acquire said mammography and tomosynthesis image data; reconstructing at least a subset of the acquired Tp data into reconstructed tomosynthesis image data Tr representative of images of slices of the breasts that have selected orientations and thicknesses; and displaying at least a selected subcombination of the Mp, Tr and Tp image data as respective Mp, Tp and/or Tr images for concurrent viewing while identifying the displayed images as Mp, Tr and/or Tp images, wherein the displayed images include at least two of said images, one of which is a Tr image or a Tp image.