Objective outcome evaluation of breast surgery

Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2006;9(Pt 1):776-83. doi: 10.1007/11866565_95.

Abstract

A new method is proposed to unambiguously define a geometric partitioning of 3D models of female thorax. A breast partitioning scheme is derived from simple geometric primitives and well-defined anatomical points. Relevant measurements can be extrapolated from breast partition. Our method has been tested on a number of breast 3D models acquired by means of a commercial scanner on real clinical cases.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Breast / anatomy & histology*
  • Breast / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Image Enhancement / methods
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Mammaplasty / methods*
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care / methods*
  • Pattern Recognition, Automated / methods
  • Prognosis
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Treatment Outcome