[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 32 (Friday, February 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 7621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-720]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Availability for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive 
Licensing of U.S. Patent Application Concerning Detection and 
Discrimination of Anomalies in Breast Tissue Images

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6 and 404.7, announcement is 
made of the availability for licensing of the invention set forth in 
U.S. Patent Application No. 11/340,375 entitled ``Medical Image 
Processing Methodology for Detection and Discrimination of Objects in 
Tissue,'' filed on January 26, 2006. The United States Government, as 
represented by the Secretary of the Army, has rights in this invention.

ADDRESSES: Office of Research and Technology Applications, SDMC-RDTC-
TDL (Ms. Susan D. McRae), Bldg. 5220, Von Braun Complex, Redstone 
Arsenal, AL 35898.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Joan Gilsdorf, Patent Attorney, e-
mail: [email protected]; (256) 955-3213 or Ms. Susan D. 
McRae, Office of Research and Technology Applications, e-mail: 
[email protected]; (256) 955-1501.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The invention pertains to the implementation 
of image processing and response surface methodology algorithms to 
process images (e.g., mammogram, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and 
ultrasound imagery) to provide improved detection of objects, such as 
anomalous masses in dense breast tissue, to better characterize these 
masses as cancerous or benign, and to identify the margins of cancerous 
tissue.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-720 Filed 2-15-07; 8:45 am]
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