Patent ID: 6389305
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An apparatus for detection of precancerous and cancerous conditions in a breast, comprises:computer based means for digitizing at least one of a mammogram image data and a (scinti)mammogram image data of a breast; first means operably associated with the computer based means for manipulating at least one of said digitized mammogram image data and said digitized (scinti)mammogram image data and generating at least one of a mammogram ROI image and a (scinti)mammogram ROI image data indicative of precancerous and cancerous condition; and means operably associated with the computer based means for concurrently visually displaying at least one of said digitized mammogram image data and said digitized (scinti)mammogram image data and said mammogram ROI image and said (scinti)mammogram ROI image data in a superimposed manner; means for sensing at least one of thermo-physiology of the breast and electro-physiology of the breast and generating signals in response thereto; and second means operatively associated with the sensing means for receiving and manipulating the signals and generating at least one of a thermo-physiological ROI data and an electro-physiological ROI data indicative of precancerous and cancerous conditions in the breast, wherein said displaying mean concurrently displays at least one of said digitized mammogram image data and said digitized (scinti)mammogram image data, at least one of said mammogram ROI image data and said (scinti)mammogram ROI image data and at least one of a thermo-physiological ROI data and an electro-physiological ROI data in a superimposed manner.