Patent Document ID: 9361711
Application ID: 13958775
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for reconstructing and visualizing a digital breast tomosynthesis volume, the method comprising the following steps: in a pre-computation phase: receiving at least one of the digital breast tomosynthesis volume or a set of projections; applying a computer aided detection algorithm to the digital breast tomosynthesis volume or the set of projections in order to detect at least one region of interest; determining a specific type of lesion is in the respectively detected region of interest; accessing a look up table to determine lesion type-specific reconstruction parameters; and reconstructing the at least one region of interest with lesion type-specific reconstruction parameters; in a visualization phase: visualizing the digital breast tomosynthesis volume or the projections and receiving a user selection signal identifying a selection area in the visualized digital breast tomosynthesis volume or the projections; in response to the user selection signal: visualizing a pre-computed or on-line computed reconstruction of the selection area according to determined lesion type-specific reconstruction parameters in case the selection area lies within the region of interest; and visualizing a magnified, inverted or other available visualization of the selection area in case no pre-computed reconstruction for the selection area is available.