Patent Document ID: 20110109650
Application ID: 12899523
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for processing and displaying breast x-ray tomosynthesis information, comprising: receiving a plurality of two-dimensional breast x-ray tomosynthesis reconstructed image slices corresponding to a respective plurality of slice depths in a 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; processing said received image slices and said received CAD findings to generate a two-dimensional composited image of the breast volume, wherein the two-dimensional composited image comprises: (a) a first slabbed sub-image of a first localized neighborhood that laterally encompasses a first of said CAD findings, said first slabbed sub-image being formed by slabbing the subset of image slices spanned by said first CAD finding, said first slabbed sub-image not including contributions from image slices not spanned by said first CAD finding; and (b) a non-CAD-specific sub-image of at least one neighborhood of the breast not associated with any of said CAD findings, wherein said non-CAD-specific sub-image is derived from image information other than said subset of image slices slabbed to form said first slabbed sub-image; and displaying said two-dimensional composited image on a user display.