Segmentation of the Breast Skin and Its Influence in the Simulation of the Breast Compression during an X-Ray Mammography
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 infl...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2012-01-01
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| Series: | The Scientific World Journal |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/876489 |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1537-744X |