Automatic nipple detection on breast MRI

Maxim Fradkin (1) , Jean-Michel Rouet (1) , Johannes Buurman (2)

1 Medisys - MedisysResearch Lab
2 HI - CS&AD - Healthcare Informatics - Clinical Science & Advanced Development - Philips Medical Systems Nederlands B.V.

We present a fully automatic nipple detection allowing to robustly localize the nipples on T1 contrast enhanced 3D MR images of the breast and overcoming the above stated issues. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2010. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com (use http://www.springerlink.com/content/v7633809m2877373/ or doi)

Mots clés: nipple detection; blob detection; Hough transform

Domaines: Imagerie médicale; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]

Maxim Fradkin, Jean-Michel Rouet, Johannes Buurman. Automatic nipple detection on breast MRI. Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 24th International Congress and Exhibition (CARS'2010), Jun 2010, Genève, Switzerland. pp.368-369, ⟨10.1007/s11548-010-0471-2⟩. ⟨hal-00508863⟩