33 results about "Breast base" patented technology

A system and method for determining an existence, uptake, size and location of a lesion within a breast is provided. The system includes a first detector and a second detector. The breast is positioned between the first detector and the second detector. The first detector acquires a first image data set of the lesion and the second detector acquires a second image data set of the lesion. The system also includes a existence, uptake, size and location determining program that uses the first image data set and the second image data set to calculate existence, uptake, size and location information for the lesion and determines a existence, uptake, size and location of the lesion within the breast based on the calculated existence, uptake, size and location information.

A hardness deriving device includes: an acquisition section configured to acquire plural ultrasound images obtained by ultrasound imaging a breast in a state in which the breast is pressed by a pressing member at a plurality of different pressures; and a deriving section configured to find an amount of change at corresponding points between the plural ultrasound images acquired by the acquisition section, and to derive information indicating a hardness of tissue of the breast based on the amount of change at the corresponding points.

Provided is a medical image imaging apparatus that images a medical image of a breast, including a determination unit configured to determine an insertion state of the breast based on a form of the breast inserted into an imaging area for the medical image from an insertion portion.

A method for defining a region of interest in a radiation image of a breast based on the result of shape analysis applied to a skin line estimate determined in the radiation image.

Versatile ultrasound scanning of a breast is described using an apparatus (1202) including a hand-manipulable compression/scanning assembly (1208). The compression/scanning assembly (1208) comprises an ultrasound transducer (1304) and a compressive member comprising an at least partially conformable membrane (1218) in a substantially taut state, the membrane (1218) having a first surface compressing the breast in a generally chestward direction and a second surface opposite the first surface. The compression/scanning assembly (1208) further comprises a transducer translation mechanism coupled to the ultrasound transducer (1304) and configured to sweep the ultrasound transducer across the second surface of the membrane to scan the breast while compressed in the generally chestward direction. Systemized and/or standardized ultrasonic scanning of a breast based on hand-manipulable scanners (1208, 1508) having substantially planar scanning surfaces is also described.

A method apparatus and computer product for imaging a human breast to map the breast ductal tree is disclosed. First, a breast is diffusion tensor imaged with high spatial resolution. Then the breast ductal tree is tracked using a protocol for breast based on echo-planar imaging (EPI) diffusion designed for optimizing diffusion weightings (b values), number of non-collinear directions for tensor calculations, diffusion, echo and repetition times, spatial resolution, signal to noise, scanning time and a sequence for fat suppression. The diffusion tensor is calculated by a non-linear best fit algorithm and then diagonalized with principal component analysis to three eigen vectors and their corresponding eigen values. A vector field map is obtained for tracking of breast ducts of the ductal trees along the direction of the 1^st eigenvector v₁ and the ductal tree is displayed on a voxel by voxel basis in parametric images using color coding and vector pointing.

The invention provides a method for dividing a breast three-dimensional image and a device thereof. The method for dividing a breast three-dimensional image comprises a step of inputting the breast three-dimensional image and converting the breast three-dimensional image into a two-dimensional image, a step of obtaining the object boundary line of two-dimensional image by a dynamic programming method, and a step of reconstructing the division result of a breast based on the object boundary line of two-dimensional image, wherein the boundary line is the position of the breast in the two-dimensional image after the outer surface of the breast is converted. According to the scheme, the gray, gradient and shape features of the breast three-dimensional image are combined, and the automatic three-dimensional division is accurately and effectively realized.

A subject information acquisition unit of a mammary gland amount calculation unit acquires the thickness and the mammary gland amount of the breast based on a low voltage image. An absorption coefficient acquisition unit acquires an absorption coefficient of fat and an absorption coefficient of mammary gland with reference to the relationship between the thickness of the breast and the X-ray absorption coefficient, which is calculated in advance according to the energy distribution and the substance forming the breast. A calculation unit calculates a new thickness and a new mammary gland amount of the breast based on the low voltage image, a high voltage image, a tube voltage at the time of imaging, the absorption coefficient of fat, and the absorption coefficient of mammary gland.

The invention provides a traditional Chinese medicine for treating liver qi depression and phlegm stasis type nodules of breast, comprises the following components by weight: 7-11 parts of radix bupleuri, 9-15 parts of white peony root, 7-11 parts of Chinese angelica, 8-12 parts of Poria cocos, 8-12 parts of bighead atractylodes rhizome, 2-4 parts of honey-fried licorice root, 8-12 parts of Zhejiang fritillaria bulb, 7-11 parts of fructus trichosanthis, 9-15 parts of laminaria japonica, 7-11 parts of prunella vulgaris, 28-32 parts of oyster, 7-11 parts of semen citri reticulatae, 7-11 parts of albizia bark, 7-11 parts of fiveleaf akebia fruit, and 7-11 parts of curcuma tuber. Compared the prior art, the traditional Chinese medicine is used for treating the liver qi depression and phlegm stasis type nodules of breast based on symptoms, and has advantages of fast curative effect, low cost, no toxic or side effect and substantial effect, and the traditional Chinese medicine composition is used for treating both symptoms and root causes.

A mammography apparatus includes a support plate for supporting a breast of a patient, a compression plate movable toward and away from the support plate for compressing the breast against the support plate, and a controller configured to control movement of the compression plate toward and away from the support plate. The controller is configured to adjust at least one of a rate of compression and a pressure applied to the breast based on a measurement of at least one of a diastolic pressure and a systolic pressure of the patient taken during at least one of a compression phase and a clamping phase of the mammography apparatus.

A curved compression element, such as a breast compression paddle, and imaging systems and methods for use with curved compression elements. A system may include a radiation source, a detector, and acurved compression element. Operations are performed that include receiving image data from the detector; accessing a correction map for the at least one compression paddle; correcting the image databased on the correction map to generate a corrected image data; and generating an image of the breast based on the corrected image data. The breast compression element generally has no sharp edges, but rather has smooth edges and transitions between surfaces. The breast compression paddle also includes a flexible material that spans a portion of a curved bottom surface of the breast compression paddle to define a gap. The flexible material may be a thin-film material such as a shrink wrap.

The invention discloses a method, a device and an evaluation method for accurately constructing a breast visualization model based on CT imageomics, and the modeling method comprises a method and is characterized by comprising the following steps: (1) carrying out the three-dimensional reconstruction of breast volume measurement based on CT data; and (2) performing three-dimensional reconstruction of the breast based on the data measured in the step (1). According to the method, the construction of the breast prosthesis three-dimensional construction model is perfected. According to the method, large-batch and large-scale three-dimensional reconstruction work can be effectively, accurately and rapidly carried out, and then the breast size which is more in line with the human body proportion can be constructed according to data of the whole human body scanned by CT and a visual digital simulation system and a virtual operation, so that the leap of the individualized operation quality of breast reconstruction is promoted, and the operation efficiency is improved. And meanwhile, beneficial help is provided for scheme design and simulation of various plastic surgery operations.

The present invention relates to in vitro methods and products for prognosticating clinical progression or predicting the risk and type of recurrence of a papillary lesion of the breast based on proCOL11A1 protein expression, for the purpose of determining the treatment and follow-up regimen that are most suited to each patient.

The invention provides an anti-noise breast imaging nodule diagnosis system. The nodule diagnosis system comprises a detection apparatus, an adjustment apparatus, a sensing apparatus, a deflection apparatus, a deviation rectification apparatus, a communicator, a memory and a processor, wherein the detection apparatus is configured to detect a breast; the adjusting apparatus is configured to perform sight line segmentation on nodules in the breast based on the detection operation of the detection apparatus; the deflection apparatus is configured to adjust a detection angle of the detection apparatus; the sensing apparatus is configured to sense the position and posture of the breast and perform the deviation rectification operation through the deviation rectification apparatus; and the deviation rectification apparatus is configured to correct the breast. According to the nodule diagnosis system, through the cooperative use of the detection apparatus and the sensing apparatus, the imaging range and imaging precision of detection are further improved, the examination or diagnosis of doctors is facilitated, and therefore diagnosis errors under the experience are reduced.