Methods for predicting mechanical deformations in the breast during clinical breast biopsy

Author

Azar, F.S. ; Metaxas, D.N. ; Miller, R.T. ; Schall, M.D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Bioeng., Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

63

Lastpage

64

Abstract

A new method for clinical breast biopsy is presented, based on a deformable finite element model of the breast. The geometry of the model is constructed from MR data, and its mechanical properties are based on a nonlinear material model. This method allows imaging the breast without compression before the procedure, then compressing the breast and using the finite element model to predict the tumor´s position

Keywords

biomechanics; biomedical MRI; deformation; mammography; medical image processing; mesh generation; physiological models; tumours; 3D mesh; MRI data; breast imaging; clinical breast biopsy; compressed model; deformable finite element model; high field MRI; hyperelastic model; inclusion displacement; mechanical deformations prediction; nonlinear material model; silicone phantom construction; stress-strain relation; tumor position prediction; Breast biopsy; Breast neoplasms; Deformable models; Finite element methods; Geometry; Image coding; Imaging phantoms; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mechanical factors; Solid modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE 26th Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Storrs, CT

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6341-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.2000.842380

Filename

842380