Patent Document ID: 8687860
Application ID: 12625910
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: providing a first database of existing categorizations of existing abnormalities within a first medical facility, each existing categorization comprising at least one characteristic identified for each existing abnormality; providing a second database of existing categorizations of existing abnormalities within a plurality of medical facilities, each existing categorization comprising at least one characteristic identified for each existing abnormality; defining a region of interest in a breast-tissue image, wherein the region of interest contains a breast-tissue abnormality; obtaining a categorization of the abnormality by identifying at least one characteristic of the abnormality contained in the region of interest; identifying, by a computer system, all existing categorizations in the first database matching the categorization of the abnormality; identifying, by the computer system, all existing categorizations in the second database matching the categorization of the abnormality; presenting, by the computer system, an adjacent display of: a total quantity of the indentified existing categorizations in the first database matching the categorization of the abnormality, a quantity of the identified existing categorizations in the first database matching the categorization of the abnormality that are benign, a quantity of the identified existing categorizations in the first database matching the categorization of the abnormality that are malignant, a total quantity of the indentified existing categorizations in the second database matching the categorization of the abnormality, a quantity of the identified existing categorizations in the first second database matching the categorization of the abnormality that are benign, and a quantity of the indentified existing categorizations in the second database matching the categorization of the abnormality that are malignant.