Patent Document ID: 9146663
Application ID: 14037821
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
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: an outline in miniaturized form of the breast volume, the outline having a depth dimension corresponding to a direction of compression and a lateral dimension normal to the depth dimension, a plurality of CAD indicator icons displayed within the outline, the plurality of CAD indicator icons corresponding to respective CAD findings and being positioned at respective locations representative of respective associated CAD findings in the breast volume, and a slice slider bar extending across at least a portion of the outline, a first portion of the slice slider bar being controllable by the user in the depth dimension to select the image depth, a second portion of the slice slider having an adjustable thickness corresponding to the image thickness of the currently displayed image.