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Shannon MJ, Meszoely IM, Ondrake JE, Pheiffer TS, Simpson AL, Sun K, Miga MI. Initial study of breast tissue retraction toward image guided breast surgery. Paper presented at: SPIE Medical Imaging 2012: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling; February 2012; San Diego, CA.

Publication Date
February 2012

How Analyze was Used
“The CT volumes were segmented using Analyze AVW, and a surface was made using the marching cubes algorithm [Lorensen and Cline 1987].”

Keywords
Breast
Image-Guided Intervention
Laser Range Finders
Lasers
Scanning
Skin/radiation effects
Surgery
Tissues
Ultrasonography

Author Affiliation(s)
Vanderbilt University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Nashville, TN, US. (MJS, JOE, TSP, ALS, KS, MIM)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Nashville, TN, US. (MIM)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, Nashville, TN, US. (MIM)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Division of Surgical Oncology, Nashville, TN, US. (IMM)

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Tags: Breast, Image-Guided Intervention, Laser Range Finders, Lasers, Scanning, Skin/radiation effects, Surgery, Tissues, Ultrasonography