Patent ID: 7124760
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for localizing a lesion in a breast, comprising the steps of: a) drawing a cranial caudal (CC) nipple line and a medial lateral oblique (MLO) nipple line on a mammogram, said CC nipple line being on a CC view and extending through the nipple toward the chest wall, bifurcating the breast into a medial half and a lateral half, said MW nipple line being on an MLO view and extending thmugh the nipple toward the chest wall, bifurcating the breast into a superior half and an interior half; b) measuring the shortest distance from a lesion to said CC nipple line and the shortest distance from the lesion to said MLO nipple line; c) plotting said measured distances on a template, said template comprising a substrate of transparent material, comprising: d) plotting the intersection of a CC line and a MLO line, the CC line being a perpendicular line to said horizontal line and intersecting said horizontal line at said CC point and the MLO line being a perpendicular line to said oblique line and intersecting said MLO line at said MLO point, said intersection being indicative of the location of said lesion; e) placing said template over a breast with said central marking directly over the nipple; and, f) placing a lesion-indicative marking over the patient's skin marking the location indicative of said lesion.