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2010-02-24 11:15
Development of Ultrasound Breast Imaging System with Probe Rotation Scanning Satoshi Ozawa (Tokyo Metro Univ.), Masakazu Sato, Hiroshi Kitunai (Microsonic), Takasuke Irie (Tokyo Metro Univ/Microsonic), Kan Okubo, Norio Tagawa (Tokyo Metro Univ.), Masasumi Yoshizawa (Tokyo Metropolitan College), Hiroshi Yokoi (Yokoi Orthopedic Clinic), Nobuyuki Honda (Teramoto Memorial Hospital) US2009-114 |
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We have proposed an ultrasound breast imaging system by developing a mechanical scanner having a manipulator which holds an ultrasound probe attached to a usual ultrasonic diagnosis device and rotates it around a nipple. This system enables a stable image collection with a systematic manner and an image showing for doctor’s effective reviews. Although a confirmation by human’s eyes is effective to generate the images to be reviewed, it is inappropriate for a mass examination, because it is a time-consuming job. In this study, we propose an automatic method using an image processing for the image generation. This method utilizes a smoothness of the breasts surface for a reduction of a computational cost and an image generation error. The results for actual breast images are shown to indicate the effectiveness of the proposed method. |
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(in Japanese) |
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Breast image / Probe rotation scanning / Image collection / Image presentation / C-mode image / / / |
Reference Info. |
IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 109, no. 425, US2009-114, pp. 15-18, Feb. 2010. |
Paper # |
US2009-114 |
Date of Issue |
2010-02-17 (US) |
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Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685 Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380 |
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