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US08170320B2 Mammography/tomosynthesis systems and methods automatically deriving breast characteristics from breast x-ray images and automatically adjusting image processing parameters accordingly
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乳房X线照相术/断层合成系统和方法自动从乳房x射线图像中获得乳房特征,并相应地自动调整图像处理参数
- Patent Title: Mammography/tomosynthesis systems and methods automatically deriving breast characteristics from breast x-ray images and automatically adjusting image processing parameters accordingly
- Patent Title (中): 乳房X线照相术/断层合成系统和方法自动从乳房x射线图像中获得乳房特征,并相应地自动调整图像处理参数
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Application No.: US12396978Application Date: 2009-03-03
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Publication No.: US08170320B2Publication Date: 2012-05-01
- Inventor: Andrew Paul Smith , Biao Chen , Zhenxue Jing
- Applicant: Andrew Paul Smith , Biao Chen , Zhenxue Jing
- Applicant Address: US MA Bedford
- Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Bedford
- Agency: Cooper & Dunham, LLP
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00

Abstract:
Methods and systems that automatically identify breast characteristics such as x-ray density and breast texture from initial x-ray images of the breast and automatically adjust process parameter setting of image processing algorithms that operate on the initial images to derive processing images suitable for display or further processing.
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