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Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv
; 8(Pt 1): 434-41, 2005.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16685875
ABSTRACT
This paper presents a method for the initial detection of ductal structures within 3D ultrasound images using second-order shape measurements. The desire to detect ducts is motivated in a number of way, principally as step in the detection and assessment of ductal carcinoma in-situ. Detection is performed by measuring the variation of the local second-order shape from a prototype shape corresponding to a perfect tube. We believe this work is the first demonstration of the ability to detect sections of duct automatically in ultrasound images. The detection is performed with a view to employing vessel tracking method to delineate the full ductal structure.