| US 7,615,008 B2 | ||
| Processing and displaying breast ultrasound information | ||
| Wei Zhang, Union City, Calif. (US); Shih-Ping Wang, Los Altos, Calif. (US); Jiayu Chen, Palo Alto, Calif. (US); Zengpin Yu, Palo Alto, Calif. (US); Tommy Earl Cupples, Columbia, S.C. (US); Thomas P. Neff, Newark, Calif. (US); and Michael E. Reed, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to U-Systems, Inc., San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 23, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/997,293. | ||
| Application 10/997293 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/305936, filed on Nov. 27, 2002. | ||
| Application 10/305936 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/160836, filed on May 31, 2002. | ||
| Application 10/160836 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US01/43237, filed on Nov. 19, 2001. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/252946, filed on Nov. 24, 2000. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/525640, filed on Nov. 28, 2003. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/577326, filed on Jun. 04, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/577388, filed on Jun. 04, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0171430 A1, Aug. 04, 2005 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 600—437 [600/443; 600/444; 600/461; 382/128] | 36 Claims |
| 1. A method for presenting breast ultrasound information, comprising:
generating a first thick-slice image representing a sonographic property within a first slab subvolume of a chestwardly compressed
first breast of a patient by (i) imaging the chestwardly compressed first breast with an ultrasound imaging apparatus to thereby
derive a first plurality of thin-slice images and (ii) computer-processing said first plurality of thin-slice images to thereby
generate said first thick-slice image;
generating a second thick-slice image representing said sonographic property within a second slab subvolume of a chestwardly
compressed second breast of the patient by (i) imaging the chestwardly compressed second breast to thereby derive a second
plurality of thin-slice images and (ii) computer-processing said second plurality of thin-slice images to thereby generate
said second thick-slice image, said first and second slab subvolumes occupying generally similar positions within the first
and second breasts, respectively, said first and second slab subvolumes each being substantially parallel to a coronal plane
of the patient; and
displaying said first and second thick-slice image adjacent each other for comparison of the first and second breasts relative
to said sonographic property.
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