Mammogram synthesis using a 3D simulation. I. Breast tissue model and image acquisition simulation
(2002) In Medical Physics 29(9). p.2131-2139- Abstract
A method is proposed for generating synthetic mammograms based upon simulations of breast tissue and the mammographic imaging process. A computer breast model has been designed with a realistic distribution of large and medium scale tissue structures. Parameters controlling the size and placement of simulated structures (adipose compartments and ducts) provide a method for consistently modeling images of the same simulated breast with modified position or acquisition parameters. The mammographic imaging process is simulated using a compression model and a model of the x-ray image acquisition process. The compression model estimates breast deformation using tissue elasticity parameters found in the literature and clinical force values.... (More)
A method is proposed for generating synthetic mammograms based upon simulations of breast tissue and the mammographic imaging process. A computer breast model has been designed with a realistic distribution of large and medium scale tissue structures. Parameters controlling the size and placement of simulated structures (adipose compartments and ducts) provide a method for consistently modeling images of the same simulated breast with modified position or acquisition parameters. The mammographic imaging process is simulated using a compression model and a model of the x-ray image acquisition process. The compression model estimates breast deformation using tissue elasticity parameters found in the literature and clinical force values. The synthetic mammograms were generated by a mammogram acquisition model using a monoenergetic parallel beam approximation applied to the synthetically compressed breast phantom.
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- author
- Bakic, Predrag R. LU ; Albert, Michael ; Brzakovic, Dragana and Maidment, Andrew D.A.
- publishing date
- 2002-09
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- 3D, Breast tissue, Mammographic compression, Mammography simulation, X-ray image acquisition
- in
- Medical Physics
- volume
- 29
- issue
- 9
- pages
- 9 pages
- publisher
- American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- external identifiers
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- scopus:0036734336
- pmid:12349935
- ISSN
- 0094-2405
- DOI
- 10.1118/1.1501143
- language
- English
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- d346ecdc-0f6c-4fc1-9046-46450be9526e
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author = {{Bakic, Predrag R. and Albert, Michael and Brzakovic, Dragana and Maidment, Andrew D.A.}},
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language = {{eng}},
number = {{9}},
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publisher = {{American Association of Physicists in Medicine}},
series = {{Medical Physics}},
title = {{Mammogram synthesis using a 3D simulation. I. Breast tissue model and image acquisition simulation}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.1501143}},
doi = {{10.1118/1.1501143}},
volume = {{29}},
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