System and Method for Identification of Breast Ductal Network

摘要

An imaging system induces an increased visibility of the fluid-containing ducts of the breast to enhance the imaging of the ducts, to improve differentiation of the ducts from the surrounding tissue and to detect lesions present within the duct. The imaging system includes a noninvasive fluid visibility increasing module configured for increasing the visibility of a fluid contained within one or more ducts of the breast and an increased fluid visibility detector configured for detecting the one or more ducts having increased fluid visibility to identify the one or more ducts within the ductal system of the breast. The imaging system further includes an image processor capable of rendering a three-dimensional map of the ductal system of the breast.

主权项

1. A method for identifying one or more ducts within a ductal system of a breast, the method comprising:
noninvasively increasing the visibility of a fluid contained within one or more ducts of the breast; and detecting the one or more ducts having increased fluid visibility to identify the one or more ducts within the ductal system of the breast.