John T Johns

US Patent:

20060126909, Jun 15, 2006

Filed:

Nov 26, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/998121

Inventors:

Julian Marshall - Los Altos CA, US
Mark Ivey - Sunnyvale CA, US
Brian Matuska - Stockton CA, US
John Johns - Fremont CA, US

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

382128000

Abstract:

A system, method, and related computer program products for processing mammographic data are described. A digitizer receives a plurality of film cases arranged in a film case sequence, each film case comprising at least one mammographic film, the digitizer scanning each film case for generating a digitized version thereof. A processor processes the digitized versions according to at least one computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm for detecting anatomical abnormalities therein. A display coupled to the processor displays a graphical status indicator comprising a plurality of film case icons, each film case icon corresponding to one of the film cases, wherein the film case icons are spatially ordered according to the film case sequence, and wherein each film case icon is configured to graphically communicate a current state of the scanning/processing for its corresponding film case.