Title :
Non-rigid registration of three-dimensional (3D) grayscale and Doppler ultrasound breast images
Author :
Narayanasamy, G. ; LeCarpentier, G.L. ; Zabuawala, S. ; Fowlkes, J.B. ; Roubidoux, M. ; Sinha, S. ; Carson, P.L.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Abstract :
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of image volume based registration (IVBaR) of 3D ultrasound (US) image volumes of the whole breast acquired at different times. Successful IVBaR could aid in detection of tumor changes in response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and potentially be useful for routine breast cancer screening and diagnosis. IVBaR was successful in 9 of 10 reproducibility studies, 11 of 15 image pairs collected before and after approximately 45 days of chemotherapy. Doppler study yielded volume of blood flow to the region surrounding the lesion and its change when reducing breast compression. The color flow vessels provided independent measures for validation of registration of the grayscale portion of those images.
Keywords :
Doppler effect; biological organs; biomedical ultrasonics; cancer; gynaecology; image registration; medical image processing; tumours; Doppler ultrasound images; blood flow; breast cancer diagnosis; breast compression; breast images; color flow vessels; grayscale images; image volume based registration; lesion; neoadjuvant chemotherapy; nonrigid image registration; routine breast cancer screening; three-dimensional images; tumor; Blood flow; Breast cancer; Breast neoplasms; Cancer detection; Fluid flow measurement; Gray-scale; Image coding; Lesions; Reproducibility of results; Ultrasonic imaging; Breast; Breast Neoplasms; Female; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; Ultrasonography, Mammary;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0787-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352230
