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Processing and displaying breast ultrasound information

A breast and ultrasound technology, applied in ultrasonic/sonic/infrasonic diagnosis, sonic diagnosis, infrasonic diagnosis, etc., can solve the problems of low workflow efficiency and high cost

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-06-06
U SYST
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Thus, for example, while careful review of raw ultrasound scans by a well-trained radiologist slice-by-slice will improve recall and precision, considering hundreds of individual raw ultrasound slides for each patient, the The overall workflow efficiency of the method will be low and thus the cost will be high

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[0046] FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a breast cancer screening and / or diagnosing system according to a preferred embodiment. The breasts of the patient 101 are ultrasonically scanned with an automated scanning device while the patient 101 is in a prone position (device 102), an upright position (device 102'), a supine position (device 102"), or other positions (not shown). By reducing the required depth of ultrasound penetration into the chest wall, scans of the chest-compressed breast can be performed at higher frequencies such as 10-20 MHz, which can produce images of very high resolution, sufficient to allow detection of volumes of 1 mm near the chest wall However, it should be understood that the scope of the preferred embodiments is not limited to the situation of compression to the chest, where breast ultrasound information processing and display according to the preferred embodiments are generally essential to the process from which the spectral properties of the bre...

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Displaying breast ultrasound information on an interactive user interface is described, the user interface being useful in adjunctive ultrasound mammography environments and / or ultrasound-only mammography environments. Bilateral comparison is facilitated by a pairwise display of thick-slice images corresponding to analogous slab-like subvolumes in the left and right breasts. Coronal thick-slice imaging and convenient navigation on and among coronal thick-slice images is described. In one preferred embodiment, a nipple marker is displayed the coronal thick-slice image representing a projection of a nipple location thereupon. A convenient breast icon is also displayed including a cursor position indicator variably disposed thereon in a manner that reflects a relative position between the cursor and the nipple marker. Preferably, the breast icon is configured to at least roughly resemble a clock face, the center of the clock face representing the nipple marker location. Bookmark-centric and CAD-marker-centric navigation within and among thick-slice images is also described.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims the benefits of U.S. 10 / 997,293, filed November 23, 2004, Provisional Application No. 60 / 577,326, filed June 4, 2004, and Provisional Application No. 60 / 577,388, filed June 4, 2004 Interest, these applications are hereby incorporated by reference. technical field [0003] This patent specification relates to medical ultrasound imaging. More specifically, this patent specification relates to the processing and / or display of breast ultrasound information for breast cancer screening and / or diagnosis. Background technique [0004] Volumetric ultrasound scanning of the breast can be used as a complementary therapy to breast cancer screening as described, for example, in commonly assigned US 2003 / 0007598A1 and US 2003 / 0212327A1 , which are hereby incorporated by reference. Traditional 2D mammograms detect only the sum of the x-ray opacities of individual breast tissue slices in the entire breast, wh...

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IPC IPC(8): A61B8/00
Inventor 张伟王士平陈驾宇俞增平汤米·厄尔·库普利斯麦克尔·E·里德
Owner U SYST
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