1. Segmentation of the breast skin and its influence in the simulation of the breast compresion during an X-Ray mammography
- Author
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M. J. Rupérez, M. Lloret, Carlos Monserrat, E. Feliu, M. García, and J. A. Solves Llorens
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Physiology ,Radiography ,lcsh:Medicine ,lcsh:Technology ,Skin Physiological Phenomena ,Medicine ,Computer vision ,Segmentation ,Biomechanics ,Breast ,lcsh:Science ,General Environmental Science ,Skin ,Palpation ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,integumentary system ,General Medicine ,Computer assisted diagnosis ,Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging ,Image reconstruction ,Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted ,Biomechanical model ,Imaging and display ,Thickness ,Research Article ,Mammography ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Article Subject ,Patient positioning ,Iterative reconstruction ,Models, Biological ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Elastic Modulus ,Humans ,Medical physics ,Computer Simulation ,Pixel ,business.industry ,lcsh:T ,lcsh:R ,Reproducibility of Results ,Biological model ,lcsh:Q ,Artificial intelligence ,Breast compression ,business ,X ray mammography ,LENGUAJES Y SISTEMAS INFORMATICOS - Abstract
A novel method of skin segmentation is presented aimed to obtain as many pixels belonging to the real skin as possible. This method is validated by experts in radiology. In addition, a biomechanical model of the breast, which considers the skin segmented in this way, is constructed to study the influence of considering real skin in the simulation of the breast compression during an X-ray mammography. The reaction forces of the plates are obtained and compared with the reaction forces obtained using classical methods that model the skin as a 2D membranes that cover all the breast. The results of this work show that, in most of the cases, the method of skin segmentation is accurate and that real skin should be considered in the simulation of the breast compression during the X-ray mammographies. Copyright © 2012 J. A. Solves Llorens et al., This project has been partially funded by the Regional Valencian Government through IMPIVA with FEDER funding (reference IMIDTF/2010/111), by CDTI (reference IDI-20101153), and by MICINN (reference TIN2010-20999-C04-01). The authors would like to express their gratitude to the personnel from the Hospitals HCB and La Fe.
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- 2012