title: Automatic mammary duct detection in 3D ultrasound.
abstract: This paper presents a method for the initial detection of ductal structures within 3D ultrasound images using second-order shape measurements. The desire to detect ducts is motivated in a number of way, principally as step in the detection and assessment of ductal carcinoma in-situ. Detection is performed by measuring the variation of the local second-order shape from a prototype shape corresponding to a perfect tube. We believe this work is the first demonstration of the ability to detect sections of duct automatically in ultrasound images. The detection is performed with a view to employing vessel tracking method to delineate the full ductal structure.
authors: Medical Physics Dept., Royal United Hospital, Bath, BA1 3NG, UK. mark.gooding@ruh-bath.swest.nhs.uk
authors: Mark J
authors: MJ
authors: Gooding
authors: Matthew
authors: M
authors: Mellor
authors: Jacqueline A
authors: JA
authors: Shipley
authors: Kathy A
authors: KA
authors: Broadbent
authors: Dorothy A
authors: DA
authors: Goddard