Patent ID: 9146663
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: A61B,G06F,G06T,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for processing and displaying information associated with breast x-ray images acquired with an imaging device, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of two-dimensional breast x-ray tomosynthesis reconstructed image slices corresponding to a respective plurality of slice depths in a compressed breast volume; receiving a plurality of computer-aided detection (CAD) findings associated with the breast volume, each CAD finding identifying a subset of the image slices spanned by a suspected anatomical abnormality and locations therein of the suspected anatomical abnormality; displaying on a user display a two dimensional image comprising a single one of the received image slices or a plurality of depthwise adjacent ones of the received image slices slabbed together; displaying a navigation tool on the user display in visual proximity to the two dimensional image, the navigation tool comprising: