A fast, segmentation-free, method for constructing a biomechanical model of the breast from DCE-MRI data

Hill, A., Mehnert, A. and Crozier, S. (2008). A fast, segmentation-free, method for constructing a biomechanical model of the breast from DCE-MRI data. In: Ceballos, S., DICTA 2008: Proceedings digital image computing: Technique and applications. Digital Image Computing : Techniques and Applications : DICTA 2008, Canberra, Australia, (386-391). 1-3 December, 2008.


Author Hill, A.
Mehnert, A.
Crozier, S.
Title of paper A fast, segmentation-free, method for constructing a biomechanical model of the breast from DCE-MRI data
Conference Paper Type Fully Published Paper
Conference name Digital Image Computing : Techniques and Applications : DICTA 2008    (ERA 2010 Rank B)
DOI 10.1109/DICTA.2008.95
Conference location Canberra, Australia
Conference dates 1-3 December, 2008
Proceedings title DICTA 2008: Proceedings digital image computing: Technique and applications
Editor Ceballos, S.
Place published Los Alamitos, USA
Publisher IEEE
Publication date 2008
ISBN 9780769534565
Start page 386
End page 391
Total pages 6
Collection year 2009
Language eng
Abstract/Summary This paper presents a method for constructing a biomechanical breast model which does not require an initial time- and labour-intensive segmentation of the breast tissue. This is achieved by mapping voxel intensity and enhancement levels directly to Youngpsilas modulus values characteristic of the respective tissues. We demonstrate this new method by incorporating it into a biomechanically based registration evaluation framework, which produces qualitatively the same results as a segmentation based model.
Subjects E1
090302 Biomechanical Engineering
920102 Cancer and Related Disorders
0903 Biomedical Engineering
Keyword Young's modulus
Biological tissues
Biomechanics
Biomedical MRI
Image enhancement
Image resolution
Medical image processing
Breast
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