Toward quantitative quasistatic elastography with a gravity-induced deformation source for image-guided breast surgery

Rebekah H. Griesenauer; Jared A. Weis; Lori R. Arlinghaus; Ingrid M. Meszoely; Michael I. Miga

doi:10.1117/1.JMI.5.1.015003

8 February 2018 Toward quantitative quasistatic elastography with a gravity-induced deformation source for image-guided breast surgery

Rebekah H. Griesenauer, Jared A. Weis, Lori R. Arlinghaus, Ingrid M. Meszoely, Michael I. Miga

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Journal of Medical Imaging, Vol. 5, Issue 1, 015003 (February 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.5.1.015003

Abstract

Biomechanical breast models have been employed for applications in image registration and diagnostic analysis, breast augmentation simulation, and for surgical and biopsy guidance. Accurate applications of stress–strain relationships of tissue within the breast can improve the accuracy of biomechanical models that attempt to simulate breast deformations. Reported stiffness values for adipose, glandular, and cancerous tissue types vary greatly. Variations in reported stiffness properties have been attributed to differences in testing methodologies and assumptions, measurement errors, and natural interpatient differences in tissue elasticity. Therefore, the ability to determine patient-specific in vivo breast tissue properties would be advantageous for these procedural applications. While some in vivo elastography methods are not quantitative and others do not measure material properties under deformation conditions that are appropriate to the application of concern, in this study, we developed an elasticity estimation method that is performed using deformations representative of supine therapeutic procedures. More specifically, reconstruction of mechanical properties appropriate for the standard-of-care supine lumpectomy was performed by iteratively fitting two anatomical images before and after deformations taking place in the supine breast configuration. The method proposed is workflow-friendly, quantitative, and uses a noncontact, gravity-induced deformation source.

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Rebekah H. Griesenauer, Jared A. Weis, Lori R. Arlinghaus, Ingrid M. Meszoely, and Michael I. Miga "Toward quantitative quasistatic elastography with a gravity-induced deformation source for image-guided breast surgery," Journal of Medical Imaging 5(1), 015003 (8 February 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.5.1.015003

Received: 27 October 2017; Accepted: 15 January 2018; Published: 8 February 2018

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