US 12,236,582 B2
Breast mapping and abnormality localization
Shawn St. Pierre, Marlborough, MA (US); and Susan Harvey, Marlborough, MA (US)
Assigned to Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/279,002
Filed by HOLOGIC, INC., Marlborough, MA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/052727
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/068851, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/735,556, filed on Sep. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0036545 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/0012 (2013.01) [G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10116 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30068 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for imaging a breast, the method comprising:
receiving ultrasound image data for a breast scanned with an ultrasound probe;
executing an artificial intelligence image analysis technique to identify one or more anatomical structures of the breast within the ultrasound image data;
removing tissue other than the identified one or more anatomical structures from the ultrasound image data;
generating, from the identified one or more anatomical structures, a model of the one or more structures of the breast, wherein the model comprises one of:
a 3D mapping of the anatomical structures; and
a plurality 2D mapping of the anatomical structures;
analyzing the model of the one or more anatomical structures to determine a statistical correlation between the model of the one or more anatomical structures and data for an aggregation of model of the one or more anatomical structures for other breasts, wherein the analysis of the model of the one or more anatomical structures to determine the statistical correlation comprises:
extracting at least one feature associated with a type of the anatomical structure;
determining whether the extracted at least one feature indicates a likelihood of an abnormality; and
based on the determined statistical correlation, generating a risk assessment for the breast.