A Finite Element Model of the Breast for Predicting Mechanical Deformations during Biopsy Procedures

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Azar, Fred S
Metaxas, Dimitris N
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Currently, High Field (1.5T) Superconducting MR image-guided needle breast procedures allow the physician only to calculate approximately the location and extent of a cancerous tumor in the compressed patient breast before inserting the needle. It can then become relatively uncertain that the tissue specimen removed during the biopsy actually belongs to the lesion of interest. A new method for guiding clinical breast biopsy is presented, based on a deformable finite element model of the breast. The geometry of the model is constructed from MR data, and its mechanical properties are modeled using a non-linear material model. This method allows imaging the breast without compression before the procedure, then compressing the breast and using the finite element model to predict the tumor’s position during the procedure.

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2000-06-01
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Copyright 2000 IEEE. Reprinted from Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis, June 2000, pages 38-45. Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MMBIA.2000.852358 This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Such permission of the IEEE does not in any way imply IEEE endorsement of any of the University of Pennsylvania's products or services. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEE by writing to pubs-permissions@ieee.org. By choosing to view this document, you agree to all provisions of the copyright laws protecting it.
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