AnalyzeDirect Samani A, Bishop J, Yaffe MJ, Plewes DB. Biomechanical 3-D finite element modeling of the human breast using MRI data. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. April 2001;20(4):271-279.
Publication Date
April 2001
How Analyze was Used
“For segmentation, 3-D MRI data of the breast is converted into AnalyzeAVW 2.5 … database where a standard thresholding-based tool was used to yield segmented images that are suitable for FE mesh generation.”
Keywords
Biomechanical Phenomena
Breast/anatomy & histology/physiology
Computer Simulation
Elasticity
Female
Finite Element Analysis
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Models, Biological
Phantoms, Imaging
Pressure
Author Affiliation(s)
Department of Medical Biophysics, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Tags: Biological Models, Biomechanical Phenomena, Breast/anatomy & histology/physiology, Computer Simulation, Elasticity, Female, Finite Element Analysis, Humans, Imaging Phantoms, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Pressure, Three-Dimensional Imaging