Patent ID: 7203350
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying a computer-generated determination of the likelihood of malignancy of a lesion in a mammogram, including the steps of: first, providing a digital image of the mammogram devoid of a computer selected region of interest; second, directly displaying the digital image; third, visually determining on the digital image a region of interest at a location not previously marked on the image, the region of interest being a portion of the breast displayed in the digital image encompassing a single lesion of interest to the user; fourth, selecting the region of interest on the displayed image by the user using an input device and selecting a characterization feature therein by the user; fifth, subsequent to said step of selecting the region of interest, employing a computer processor to quantify parameter-based classifier data of the user-selected characterization feature of the lesion in the user-selected region of interest, the classifier data comprised of a plurality of parameters; and sixth, displaying simultaneously the user-selected region of interest with the single lesion contained therein and quantified classifier data including a visual indication of an overall evaluation of the likelihood of malignancy of the lesion and at least one of the plurality of parameters of the user-selected characterization feature of the lesion in the selected region of interest, the displayed classifier data assisting a user in determining the likelihood of malignancy of the lesion.