Title :
Development of axilla phantoms to aid breast cancer staging via sentinel lymph node detection
Author :
Conceicao, Raquel C. ; Oliveira, Luis Guilherme ; Banks, Brie ; Fear, Elise
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Biofisica e Eng. Biomed. (IBEB), Univ. de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Abstract :
In this paper we present a method for creating a numerical phantom of the underarm region which captures the heterogeneous anatomical structure and the differences in the electric properties between the constituent tissues of the underarm region. Specifically, the model is intended to identify and segment the sentinel nodes, which are axillary lymph nodes. Assessment of these nodes is often performed during surgical procedures used to treat breast cancer.
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; biological tissues; cancer; image segmentation; medical image processing; microwave imaging; phantoms; surgery; axilla phantoms; axillary lymph nodes; breast cancer staging; constituent tissues; electric properties; heterogeneous anatomical structure; node assessment; node segmentation; numerical phantom; sentinel lymph node detection; surgical procedures; underarm region; Breast cancer; Dielectrics; Image segmentation; Lymph nodes; Microwave theory and techniques; Axilla Numerical Phantoms; Breast cancer diagnosis; Microwave Imaging; Segmentation; Sentinel Node;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
The Hague
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6901808
