Patent ID: 7727151

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for facilitating review of data associated with different volumetric ultrasonic scans of a same breast, the breast having been compressed in a generally chestward direction by a compressive surface for each of the different volumetric ultrasonic scans, the compressive surface encompassing a nipple of the breast, comprising: receiving, at one or more computer processing units, first and second data volumes derived respectively from the different volumetric ultrasound scans; displaying a first image indicating a first plurality of known locations within said first data volume; receiving, at the one or more computer processing units, a selection of a first location within said first displayed image; operating the one or more processing units to identify a second location within the second data volume having a similar spatial disposition relative to the nipple and the compressive surface as said first location within said first volume, whereby said second location at least roughly corresponds to a same locality of tissue within the breast as said first location; and displaying a second image indicating a second plurality of known locations within said second data volume including said second location, said second image comprising a visible mark denoting said second location thereon; wherein said different volumetric ultrasound scans of the breast were acquired contemporaneously and comprise different ones of the group consisting of: lateral frontal view, medial frontal view, inferior frontal view, and superior frontal view.