Acquisition and stereoscopic visualization of three-dimensional ultrasonic breast data

Author

Hernandez, Ange ; Basset, Olivier ; Dautraix, Isabelle ; Magnin, Isabelle E.

Author_Institution

Centre de Recherche et d´´Application en Traitment de l´´Image et du Signal, CNRS, Villeurbanne, France

Volume

43

Issue

4

fYear

1996

fDate

7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

576

Lastpage

580

Abstract

A motorized mechanical setup has been designed to provide a series of two-dimensional (2-D) parallel echographic slices of the breast from the regular translation of a linear phased array transducer. During the acquisition step, the breast is compressed between a plane support and a plexiglass plate to avoid breast motions. A stereoscopic computer graphic method has been developed for the visualization of such three-dimensional (3-D) ultrasonic data. Experiments on an agar gel phantom and on in vivo female breasts have been performed.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; biomedical ultrasonics; data acquisition; data visualisation; medical image processing; agar gel phantom; breast motions prevention; image slices; in vivo female breasts; medical diagnostic imaging; medical instrumentation; motorized mechanical setup; plane support; plexiglass plate; stereoscopic computer graphic method; three-dimensional ultrasonic data; two-dimensional parallel echographic slices; Breast tumors; Computer displays; Data visualization; Pathology; Phased arrays; Probes; Shape; Two dimensional displays; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic transducer arrays;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-3010

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/58.503718

Filename

503718