Fusion of Magnetic Resonance and Scintimammography Images for Breast Cancer Evaluation: A Pilot Study

Duarte, Giuliano Mendes; Cabello, César; Torresan, Renato Zocchio; Alvarenga, Marcelo; Telles, Gilliat H. Q.; Bianchessi, Susana Trigo; Caserta, Nelson Marcio Gomes; Segala, Silmara R.; Lima, Mariana da Cunha Lopes de; Etchebehere, Elba; Camargo, Edwaldo E.; Tinóis, Eduardo

doi:10.1245/s10434-007-9476-7

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“…Fusion combinations with TRUS with other imaging modalities can be found in TRUS-uroscopic [282], TRUS-MRI [290,212,166,146,169,171] and TRUS-CT [243]. Mammography is an X-ray based imaging modality that has been widely used for breast cancer assessment [183,280,185], micro-calcification diagnosis [19] and image registration [291]. The image fusion of mammogram with other modalities can significantly improve the detection accuracies of problems such as abnormal tissue identification in case of calcification.…”

Section: Other Modalitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…bowel) and pathological uptake. The modalities that has been used to study breast include MRI [183,184,185], Mammogram [183,280,185], Infrared [38,280], Ultrasound [280], Microwave [284,285], PET [184,252], SPECT [217,257] and CT [252,257]. The image fusion applications targeted on breast include prediction breast cancer tumors [21,108,44], breast surgery [309], ultrawideband breast cancer detection [285], and breast cancer detection in premenopausal women [310].…”

Section: Breastmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Medical image fusion: A survey of the state of the art

2014

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Medical image fusion is the process of registering and combining multiple images from single or multiple imaging modalities to improve the imaging quality and reduce randomness and redundancy in order to increase the clinical applicability of medical images for diagnosis and assessment of medical problems. Multi-modal medical image fusion algorithms and devices have shown notable achievements in improving clinical accuracy of decisions based on medical images. This review article provides a factual listing of methods and summarizes the broad scientific challenges faced in the field of medical image fusion. We characterize the medical image fusion research based on (1) the widely used image fusion methods, (2) imaging modalities, and (3) imaging of organs that are under study. This review concludes that even though there exists several open ended technological and scientific challenges, the fusion of medical images has proved to be useful for advancing the clinical reliability of using medical imaging for medical diagnostics and analysis, and is a scientific discipline that has the potential to significantly grow in the coming years.

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Medical image fusion: A survey of the state of the art

2014

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“…Tumor size was evaluated in three diameters and correlated with pathological measurements. The scintimammography/MRI cancer measurements correlated better with pathology than MRI, mammography, and clinical exam in all diameters analyzed and appeared therefore to be more accurate than other examinations to measure breast cancer size [187].…”

Section: Tc-sestamibi Breast Scintigraphy In Various Settingsmentioning

confidence: 79%

“…Two studies on the impact of hybrid imaging in the evaluation of breast cancer disease have been published in 2007 [186,187]. This is of importance since, as already mentioned above, scintimammography has drawbacks in identifying lesions Tc-Sestamibi Scintimammography less than 1 cm mainly because of its limited spatial resolution.…”

Section: Tc-sestamibi Breast Scintigraphy In Various Settingsmentioning

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“…Therefore, hybrid imaging with SPECT/CT was able to more sensitively detect breast cancer compared to planar imaging, mainly in small cancers. Also combining functional and morphological imaging data, Duarte et al used a software-based approach to fuse 99m TC-sestamibi scintimammography and MRI [187]. In their pilot study they included 20 consecutive breast cancer patients prior to mastectomy.…”

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99mTc-Sestamibi Scintimammography

Bucerius

2011

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From an anatomical point of view, the mammary gland is part of the female secondary sexual characteristics. The primary biological function of the mammary glands is the feeding of infants with breast milk. The mammary glands belong to the major glands of the cutis (glandulae cutis) and develop from epithelial cones, which grow in the surrounding connective tissue. Initially, the mammary glands are established in the same way in both genders.The female mammary glands are located on the major and minor pectoral muscles (M. pectoralis major, M. pectoralis minor) between the third and the seventh rib and between the sternal-and axillary line. The arterial blood supply of the mammary glands is provided by vascular branches (R. mammarii mediales and laterales) of the internal and lateral thoracic arteries (A. thoracica interna, A. thoracica lateralis) as well as by branches (R. preforantes and R. mammarii laterales) of the anterior and posterior intercostal arteries (Aa. intercostales anterior and posterior). The venous drain follows from superficial veins into the lateral and internal thoracic veins (Vv. thoracica lateralis and interna). The mammary glands are characterized by numerous lymphatic vessels, which build a superficial and deep lymphatic mesh with several directions of lymphatic drainage. From a clinical point of view, the main and most important lymphatic drainage reaches the axillary lymph nodes. Additional lymphatic drains flow off to the cervical lymph nodes superior to the clavicles and via the interpectoral lymphatic nodes (N. lymphatici interpectorales) between the pectoral muscles to the axillary lymph nodes, via the parasternal lymph nodes (N. lymphatici parasternales) along the internal thorac vein, and via the

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