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2008 International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics
Visual Enhancement for Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in Breast Cancer by Multiple Display Formats of SPECT/CT Images
May 27-May 30
ISBN: 978-0-7695-3118-2
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Jia-Yann Huang, Pan-Fu Kao, Yung-Sheng Chen, "Visual Enhancement for Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in Breast Cancer by Multiple Display Formats of SPECT/CT Images," BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, International Conference on, vol. 2, pp. 286-289, 2008 International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, 2008.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/BMEI.2008.167,
author = {Jia-Yann Huang and Pan-Fu Kao and Yung-Sheng Chen},
title = {Visual Enhancement for Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in Breast Cancer by Multiple Display Formats of SPECT/CT Images},
journal ={BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, International Conference on},
volume = {2},
year = {2008},
isbn = {978-0-7695-3118-2},
pages = {286-289},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/BMEI.2008.167},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - CONF
JO - BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, International Conference on
TI - Visual Enhancement for Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in Breast Cancer by Multiple Display Formats of SPECT/CT Images
SN - 978-0-7695-3118-2
SP286
EP289
A1 - Jia-Yann Huang,
A1 - Pan-Fu Kao,
A1 - Yung-Sheng Chen,
PY - 2008
KW - Visual Enhancement
KW - Sentinel Lymph Node
KW - Breast Cancer
KW - SPECT/CT Images
VL - 2
JA - BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, International Conference on
ER -
 
Lymph node status is a main factor in determining the stage, suitable therapy and outcome in patients with breast cancer. It is therefore of clinical importance to accurately identify all sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) for each individual tumor before surgery. Composite Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography and Computed Tomography (SPECT/CT) scanner has the great potential to enhance topographic orientation and diagnostic sensitivity of SLN imaging. In this paper, a visual enhancement of sentinel lymph node mapping in breast cancer of SPECT/CT images was proposed. Our approach is based on the isodata histogram thresholding, image fusion, and 3-dimensional (3D) volume rendering. By improving the visual impression of SPECT/CT images, it is useful to help surgeons to precisely locate all SLNs in patients with breast cancer.
Index Terms:
Visual Enhancement, Sentinel Lymph Node, Breast Cancer, SPECT/CT Images
Citation:
Jia-Yann Huang, Pan-Fu Kao, Yung-Sheng Chen, "Visual Enhancement for Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in Breast Cancer by Multiple Display Formats of SPECT/CT Images," bmei, vol. 2, pp.286-289, 2008 International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, 2008
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