US 12,254,586 B2
Auto-focus tool for multimodality image review
Herschel A. Solis, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Calvin J. Wong, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed by Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/939,015.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/271,339, filed on Oct. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0125385 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 3/40 (2024.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 3/20 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01)
CPC G06T 3/40 (2013.01) [A61B 5/7425 (2013.01); G06T 3/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20104 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30068 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a processor; and
memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, perform a method comprising:
receiving a selection of a region of interest (ROI) in a first image of a plurality of images;
identifying, using an auto-focus tool, a location of the ROI within the first image based on at least one of spacing of image pixel data, thickness of a slice image, and location of the slice image;
converting, via a mapping function of the auto-focus tool, first ROI identification information of the first image to second ROI identification of at least a second image of the plurality of images, wherein the first ROI identification information and the second ROI identification information are a different type, the first ROI identification information includes image view information and the second ROI identification information includes image header information;
identifying, using the auto-focus tool, an area corresponding to the location of the ROI in at least the second image of the plurality of images, wherein the first image and the second image are different imaging modality types and an automated determination mechanism is used to identify the area corresponding to the location of the ROI; and
causing the auto-focus tool to automatically:
focus a first field of view on the ROI in the first image; and
focus a second field of view on the area corresponding to the location of the ROI in the second image.