Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
February 2010
Patent Number
7664604
Abstract
The present invention is a method of determining breast cancer risk including the steps of establishing a risk probably value associated with a patient, the risk probability value calculated from an array of risk factors associated with breast cancer, applying a computer algorithm adapted to find abnormalities in the patient's mammogram, and increasing the tolerance level for false positive results in the computer algorithm responsive to a higher probability value associated with the patient and decreasing the tolerance level for false positive results in the computer algorithm responsive to a lower probability value associated with the patient.
Application Number
10/065,929
Recommended Citation
Heine, John J.; Velthuizen, Robert P.; and Thomas, Jerry Alan, "Breast cancer risk analysis and computer-aided diagnosis" (2010). USF Patents. 465.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_patents/465
Assignees
University of South Florida
Filing Date
12/02/2002
Primary/U.S. Class
702/19