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The aim of this work is the evaluation of the software BreastSimulator, as a tool for the creation of 3D uncompressed breast digital models and for the simulation and the optimization of Computed Tomography (CT) equipment. Three 3D digital breast phantoms were created, having different sizes and with realistic anatomical features. We calculated 2D X-ray CT projections simulating a breast tomogram with a dedicated cone-beam CT scanner. From the reconstructed CT slices, the power-law exponent, has been evaluated from the Noise Power Spectrum function S(f) = α/f β. The results were then verified by comparison against clinical CT and published data. The preliminary results of this study showed that the simulated model complexity may reproduce the real anatomical complexity of the breast tissues as described, in terms of β values, since the measured β coefficients are close to that of clinical CT data from a dedicated breast CT scanner.
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Prof. J. Boone (UCDMC) and Prof. J. Sechopoulos (RUMC) kindly provided the sample CT images used for the validation of BreastSimulator with clinical data. This study was carried out in the framework of the European Commission Project MaXIMA (Three dimensional breast cancer models for X-ray Imaging research), Grant Agreement 692097 (H2020–TWINN – 2015) (Website: http://maxima-tuv.eu/).
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Mettivier, G., Bliznakova, K., Di Lillo, F., Sarno, A., Russo, P. (2016). Evaluation of the BreastSimulator Software Platform for Breast Tomography: Preliminary Results. In: Tingberg, A., Lång, K., Timberg, P. (eds) Breast Imaging. IWDM 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9699. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41546-8_19
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