A statistically defined anthropomorphic software breast phantom
Abstract
Digital anthropomorphic breast phantoms have emerged in the past decade because of recent advances in 3D breast x‐ray imaging techniques. Computer phantoms in the literature have incorporated power‐law noise to represent glandular tissue and branching structures to represent linear components such as ducts. When power‐law noise is added to those phantoms in one piece, the simulated fibroglandular tissue is distributed randomly throughout the breast, resulting in dense tissue placement that may not be observed in a real breast. The authors describe a method for enhancing an existing digital anthropomorphic breast phantom by adding binarized power‐law noise to a limited area of the breast.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- May 24, 2012
- Source ID
- 10.1118/1.4718576
Entities
People
- Beverly A. Lau
- Ingrid Reiser
- Predrag R. Bakic
- Robert M. Nishikawa
Organizations
- National Institutes of Health
- United States Department of Defense