Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for computer analysis of lesions in digitized film-based and/or digital mammograms is described, wherein diagnostic information is combined from two different 2-D mammographic views with the information obtained from one view (or field of view) or mammographic position is processed with information obtained from a second (or a plurality of) related mammographic views to reduce false-positive findings (increase specificity) while preserving or improving diagnostic sensitivity. The digital mammograms or digitized film-based mammograms used, are those that are in current use, and those that conform to the requirements of the American College of Radiology and the Mammography Quality Standards Acts.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 4, 2007
Date of Patent:
January 4, 2011
Assignee:
Carolina Imaging Specialists, Inc.
Inventors:
Robert F. Basilico, Wesley Snyder, Albert Basilico