Automatic mammary duct detection in 3D ultrasound.
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.
Gooding
Mark J
MJ
Medical Physics Dept., Royal United Hospital, Bath, BA1 3NG, UK. mark.gooding@ruh-bath.swest.nhs.uk
Mellor
Matthew
M
Shipley
Jacqueline A
JA
Broadbent
Kathy A
KA
Goddard
Dorothy A
DA