Computer assisted biopsy of breast tumors

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2010:2010:5995-8. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627587.

Abstract

In this paper we report our preliminary results of the development of a computer assisted system for breast biopsy. The system is based on tracked ultrasound images of the breast. A three dimensional ultrasound volume is constructed from a set of tracked B-scan images acquired with a calibrated probe. The system has been designed to assist a radiologist during breast biopsy, and also as a training system for radiology residents. A semiautomatic classification algorithm was implemented to assist the user with the annotation of the tumor on an ultrasound volume. We report the development of the system prototype, tested on a physical phantom of a breast with a tumor, made of polivinil alcohol.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Breast / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Calibration
  • Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Ultrasonography