Finite-element method for intermodality nonrigid breast registration using external skin markers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5370 II, Issue , 2004, Pages 1152-1155

  Coman, Ioana L ^a,b,c   Krol, Andrzej ^b,c,e   Mandel, James A ^c   Baum, Karl G ^c   Luo, Min ^d   Lipson, Edward D ^b,c,e   Feiglin, David H ^c  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Syracuse University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Multimodality imaging; Nonrigid registration

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; MULTIMODALITY IMAGING; NONRIGID REGISTRATION; STEADY-STATE HEAT TRANSFER (SSHT);

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GELS; HEAT TRANSFER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SKIN; STIFFNESS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 5644253029     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.536144     Document Type: Conference Paper

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