Computational simulation of breast compression based on segmented breast and fibroglandular tissues on magnetic resonance images

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4153-4168

  Shih, Tzu Ching ^a,b,c   Chen, Jeon Hor ^b,c   Liu, Dongxu ^d   Nie, Ke ^b   Sun, Lizhi ^d   Lin, Muqing ^b   Chang, Daniel ^b   Nalcioglu, Orhan ^b   Su, Min Ying ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST DENSITY; BREAST IMAGES; BREAST ULTRASOUND; COMPRESSION DIRECTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; CRANIOCAUDAL; FIBROGLANDULAR TISSUE; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; IMAGING MODALITY; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES; MEDIOLATERAL OBLIQUES; MR IMAGES; NONLINEAR ELASTICS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TECHNICAL FACTORS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DEFORMATIONS; TRIANGULAR MESHES; TWO DIRECTIONS;

DEFORMATION; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TISSUE; X RAY SCREENS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BREAST; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77958179077     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/14/013     Document Type: Article

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