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US 12,211,608 · App. 16/853,454 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

System and method for navigating a tomosynthesis stack including automatic focusing

Inventors: Jin-Long Chen (Santa Clara, CA); Haili Chui (Fremont, CA); Kevin Kreeger (Sunnyvale, CA); Xiangwei Zhang (Fremont, CA)
Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,211,608
App. No.
16/853,454
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for reviewing a tomosynthesis image data set comprising volumetric image data of a breast, the method comprising, in one embodiment, causing an image or a series of images from the data set to be displayed on a display monitor and selecting or indicating through a user interface an object or region of interest in a presently displayed image of the data set, thereby causing an image from the data set having a best focus measure of the user selected or indicated object or region of interest to be automatically displayed on the display monitor.

Claims (61)

1. An automated method employing a computer-controlled workstation for navigating and displaying breast tissue images, the workstation comprising an operatively associated user interface and display monitor, the method comprising:

obtaining a tomosynthesis image data set, the data set comprising volumetric image data of a breast;

displaying a series of images from the data set on the display monitor in response to one or more user commands received through the user interface;

detecting, through the user interface, input by a user of the workstation selecting or indicating a region of interest in a currently displayed image;

highlighting the region of interest with a visual indicia comprising a geometric shape in at least one image of the series of images; and

in response to the user input, continuing to highlight the region of interest in respective other images of the series as the respective other images are displayed;

computing respective focus measures of an object in the region of interest in the series of images;

comparing the determined focus measures of the object in the region of interest for the series of images to one other;

based on the comparison, determining a desired focus measure for an image of the series of images; and

displaying the image having the desired focus measure and a plurality of other images of the series of images, the other images having focus measures that are within a predetermined range of the desired focus measure.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the respective focus measures are computed based upon one or more of:

a sharpness of detected edges of the region of interest,

a contrast of the region of interest, and

a ratio between a measured magnitude of one or more high frequency components and a measured magnitude of one or more low frequency components.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each image of the image data set is a tomosynthesis reconstructed image, detecting user input comprises detecting user input selecting or indicating the region of interest in a currently displayed tomosynthesis reconstructed image, and each additional image that is displayed while continuing to highlight the region of interest in respective images is a tomosynthesis reconstructed image of the image data set.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user selected or indicated region of interest is highlighted in a manner indicating that the region includes a specified type of tissue structure.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the images of the series of images are displayed in succession.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the desired focus measure is a best focus measure.

7. A system for navigating and displaying breast tissue images, the workstation comprising:

an operatively associated user interface;

a display;

at least one processor; and

a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method comprising:

obtaining a tomosynthesis image data set, the data set comprising volumetric image data of at least a portion of a breast;

displaying a series of images from the data set on the display;

detecting, through the user interface, an input by a user selecting or indicating a region of interest in an image that is one of the series of images and currently displayed on the display;

highlighting on the display, in response to the input by the user, the region of interest with a visual indicia comprising a geometric shape; and

displaying on the display other images of the series while continuing to highlight the region of interest with the visual indicia in each of other images of the series as the each of the images is displayed;

computing respective focus measures of an object in the region of interest in the series of images;

comparing the determined focus measures of the object in the region of interest for the series of images to one other;

based on the comparison, determining a desired focus measure for an image of the series of images; and

displaying the image having the desired focus measure and a plurality of other images of the series of images, the other images having focus measures that are within a predetermined range of the desired focus measure.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the respective focus measures comprising respective single focus measure values calculated for the region of interest in the respective images.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein each of the focus measures are computed based upon one or more of:

a sharpness of detected edges of the region of interest,

a contrast of the region of interest, and

a ratio between a measured magnitude of one or more high frequency components and a measured magnitude of one or more low frequency components.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the user selected region of interest is highlighted in a manner indicating that the region includes a specified type of tissue structure.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the images of the series of images are displayed in succession.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein geometric shape comprises a rectangular shape.

13. The system of claim 7 , wherein the desired focus measure is a best focus measure.

14. A method for navigating and displaying breast tissue images, the method comprising:

obtaining a tomosynthesis image data set, the data set comprising volumetric image data of at least a portion of a breast;

displaying a series of images from the data set on a display of a computer-controlled workstation;

detecting, through a user interface associated with the computer-controlled workstation, an input by a user selecting or indicating a region of interest in an image that is one of the series of images and currently displayed on the display;

highlighting on the display, in response to the input by the user, the region of interest with a visual indicia comprising a geometric shape; and

displaying on the display other images of the series while continuing to highlight the region of interest with the visual indicia in each of other images of the series as the each of the images is displayed;

computing respective focus measures of an object in the region of interest in the series of images;

comparing the determined focus measures of the object in the region of interest for the series of images to one other;

based on the comparison, determining a desired focus measure for an image of the series of images; and

displaying the image having the desired focus measure and a plurality of other images of the series of images, the other images having focus measures that are within a predetermined range of the desired focus measure.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the respective focus measures comprising respective single focus measure values calculated for the region of interest in the respective images.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein each of the respective focus measures is computed based upon one or more of:

a sharpness of detected edges of the region of interest,

a contrast of the region of interest, and

a ratio between a measured magnitude of one or more high frequency components and a measured magnitude of one or more low frequency components.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein each of the displayed images of the image data set is a tomosynthesis reconstructed image, detecting user input comprises detecting user input selecting or indicating the region of interest in a currently displayed tomosynthesis reconstructed image, and each additional image that is displayed while continuing to highlight the region of interest in respective images is a tomosynthesis reconstructed image of the image data set.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the geometric shape comprises a rectangular shape.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the user selected or indicated region of interest is highlighted in a manner indicating that the region includes a specified type of tissue structure.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the display the images of the series of images comprises displaying the images in succession.

21. The method of claim 14 , wherein the desired focus measure is a best focus measure.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME 054089/0804 Recorded Apr 28, 2026
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: HOLOGIC, INC., ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND AS SUCCESSOR-BY-MERGER TO FOCAL THERAPEUTICS, INC.; GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED; FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC; GEN-PROBE PRODESSE, INC.
Reel/Frame 075504/0575 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2026
From: BIOTHERANOSTICS, INC.; GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED; GEN-PROBE PRODESSE, INC.; CYTYC CORPORATION; SUROS SURGICAL SYSTEMS, INC.; GYNESONICS, INC.; BOLDER SURGICAL, LLC; FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC; HEALTH BEACONS, INC.; HOLOGIC, INC.
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 075462/0440 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2020
From: HOLOGIC, INC.; FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC; FOCAL THERAPEUTICS, INC.; GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED; GEN-PROBE PRODESSE, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 054089/0804 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2020
From: CHEN, JIN-LONG; CHUI, HAILI; KREEGER, KEVIN; ZHANG, XIANGWEI
To: HOLOGIC, INC.
Reel/Frame 052446/0372 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14771696
Provisional Application 61793437 · Mar 15, 2013
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