Segmentation of the Breast Skin and Its Influence in the Simulation of the Breast Compression during an X-Ray Mammography | Zendy

J. A. Solves Llorens | Zendy; María José Rupérez | Zendy; C. Monserrat | Zendy; Evarist Feliú | Zendy; Michael Garcia | Zendy; M. Lloret | Zendy

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Segmentation of the Breast Skin and Its Influence in the Simulation of the Breast Compression during an X-Ray Mammography

Author(s) -

J. A. Solves Llorens,

María José Rupérez,

C. Monserrat,

Evarist Feliú,

Michael Garcia,

M. Lloret

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

the scientific world journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.453

H-Index - 93

eISSN - 2356-6140

pISSN - 1537-744X

DOI - 10.1100/2012/876489

Subject(s) - mammography , segmentation , computer science , compression (physics) , pixel , breast imaging , artificial intelligence , computer vision , medicine , radiology , breast cancer , materials science , composite material , cancer

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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