Tuesday 25 February 2020

3D digital breast cancer models with multimodal fusion algorithms



by Sílvia Bessa, Pedro F. Gouveia, Pedro H. Carvalho, Cátia Rodrigues, Nuno L. Silva, Fátima Cardoso, Jaime S. Cardoso, Hélder P. Oliveira, Maria João Cardoso

The Breast: FULL LENGTH ARTICLE| VOLUME 49, P281-290, FEBRUARY 01, 2020

Breast cancer image fusion consists of registering and visualizing different sets of a patient synchronized torso and radiological images into a 3D model. Breast spatial interpretation and visualization by the treating physician can be augmented with a patient-specific digital breast model that integrates radiological images. But the absence of a ground truth for a good correlation between surface and radiological information has impaired the development of potential clinical applications.A new image acquisition protocol was designed to acquire breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and 3D surface scan data with surface markers on the patient’s breasts and torso.