Patents
US 9183355 B2: Mammography information system
- Granted
- 2015-11-10
- Filed
- 2009-11-25 application 12625898
- Type
- Utility · 16 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A method and system for analyzing and retrieving breast tissue abnormality tracking data, providing a tool for a radiologist that includes a report summarizing the statistical frequency of diagnosed patients, both locally and nationally, with breast tissue region-of-interest classifications similar to the breast tissue images taken of the anatomy of an individual patient. In one embodiment, a computer aided diagnostic program can be tested or verified against the breast tissue images and the region-of-interest classifications that have been validated by definitive patient diagnosis. Another embodiment allows the efficient collection of all of the breast tissue abnormalities for a given medical facility in order to provide trending data or radiologist performance analysis. In yet another embodiment, the region-of-interest abnormalities in a single location in a patient's tissue are correlated across a variety of imaging modalities including X-rays, mammogram, CT, ultrasound, MRI, or other imaging technologies. In another embodiment, the region-of-interest feature descriptors based on a location of an abnormality can be correlated by features and images for a plurality of imaging modalities as well as the pathological outcome.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg151110.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PENRAD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 patents | US company or organization | Buffalo, MN | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Gustafson | Maple Plain, MN | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06T | Image data processing or generation, in general | G06T7/0012 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F3/04817 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G16H | Healthcare informatics, i.e. information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical or healthcare data | G16H15/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | Release of security interest Release of security interest in patents at reel 061906, frame 0117 | BLUE OWL CAPITAL CORPORATION (F/K/A OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION), AS COLLATERAL AGENT signed 2026-03-18 | PENRAD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. BUFFALO, MN LIFE IMAGE INC. NEWTON, MA | 75122/7 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-11-09 | Security interest Security interest Patent security agreement | LIFE IMAGE INC. signed 2022-11-04 PENRAD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. signed 2022-11-04 | OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 61906/117 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2015-09-17 | Name change Assignee address change | PENRAD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. signed 2015-11-23 | PENRAD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. BUFFALO, MN | 37117/440 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2010-03-17 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | GUSTAFSON, GREG signed 2010-03-17 | PENRAD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. MINNETONKA, MN | 24090/519 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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