TY - GEN
T1 - Experimental Evaluation of Physical Breast Phantoms for 2D and 3D Breast X-Ray Imaging Techniques
AU - Dukov, Nikolay
AU - Bliznakova, Kristina
AU - Teneva, Tsvetelina
AU - Marinov, Stoyko
AU - Bakic, Predrag
AU - Bosmans, Hilde
AU - Bliznakov, Zhivko
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Anthropomorphic phantoms are models of real or virtual parts of the body, organ or tissue, represented by tissue-equivalent materials that aim to provide a realistic and accurate representation of their anatomy and properties. The aim of this study is to evaluate experimentally the suitability of 3D printed materials in the production of both, physical breast phantoms and abnormalities, to be used in optimization tasks in breast imaging. For this purpose, we designed three computational breast models, composed of skin, duct tree, adipose compartments and lesions. Subsequently, they were printed by using two 3D printing technologies and different printing materials, which were previously studied in details. The physical phantoms were scanned at a mammography machine, which allows 2D and 3D mammography (tomosynthesis) modes. The images were evaluated from an experienced radiologist. The results showed that tomosynthesis images are characterized with better realism compared to 2D mammography images. Next step is improvement in the printing quality of tumour formations as well as quantitative evaluation of the obtained results.
AB - Anthropomorphic phantoms are models of real or virtual parts of the body, organ or tissue, represented by tissue-equivalent materials that aim to provide a realistic and accurate representation of their anatomy and properties. The aim of this study is to evaluate experimentally the suitability of 3D printed materials in the production of both, physical breast phantoms and abnormalities, to be used in optimization tasks in breast imaging. For this purpose, we designed three computational breast models, composed of skin, duct tree, adipose compartments and lesions. Subsequently, they were printed by using two 3D printing technologies and different printing materials, which were previously studied in details. The physical phantoms were scanned at a mammography machine, which allows 2D and 3D mammography (tomosynthesis) modes. The images were evaluated from an experienced radiologist. The results showed that tomosynthesis images are characterized with better realism compared to 2D mammography images. Next step is improvement in the printing quality of tumour formations as well as quantitative evaluation of the obtained results.
KW - 3D printing
KW - Breast imaging
KW - Breast phantom
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-64610-3_62
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-64610-3_62
M3 - Paper in conference proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:85097596849
SN - 9783030646097
T3 - IFMBE Proceedings
SP - 544
EP - 552
BT - 8th European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference - Proceedings of the EMBEC 2020
A2 - Jarm, Tomaz
A2 - Cvetkoska, Aleksandra
A2 - Mahnič-Kalamiza, Samo
A2 - Miklavcic, Damijan
PB - Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
T2 - 8th European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, EMBEC 2020
Y2 - 29 November 2020 through 3 December 2020
ER -