Toward decision support for breast reconstruction: automated calculation of symmetry measure on clinical photographs.
The quality of life of breast cancer survivors is maintained by minimizing adverse effects on their physical appearance. In this study, we present an automated method for computing a common measure of breast symmetry, the normalized Breast Retraction Assessment (pBRA), from routine clinical photographs taken to document breast reconstruction procedures.
Dabeer
Mugdha
M
University of Texas, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Austin, TX, USA.
Kyrish
Matthew
M
Kim
Min Soon
MS
Reyes
Peter
P
Udpa
Nitin
N
Reece
Gregory P
GP
Markey
Mia K
MK
D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D010781:Photography / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*