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.