3-D snake for US in margin evaluation for malignant breast tumor excision using mammotome.

3-D snake for US in margin evaluation for malignant breast tumor excision using mammotome.

The goal of this paper is to use the three-dimensional (3-D) snake technique in 3-D ultrasound to obtain the tumor contour for the pre- and the post-operative malignant breast excision by the vacuum assisted biopsy instrument Mammotome. This technique of assessing the margin of two can help the phys...

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Published in:IEEE Transactions on information technology in biomedicine 7, 3 (2003).
Main Author: Ruey-Feng Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
3D snake.
3D ultrasound.
Anisotropic diffusion filter.
Breast tumor.
Gradient vector flow.
Malignant breast tumor excision.
Mammotome.
Margin evaluation.
Noise.
Segmentation.
Speckles.
Surgery.
Three-dimensional snake.
Vacuum assisted biopsy instrument.