Synthetic breast phantoms from patient based eigenbreasts

GM Sturgeon, S Park, WP Segars, JY Lo - Medical physics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The limited number of 3D patient‐based breast phantoms available could be
augmented by synthetic breast phantoms in order to facilitate virtual clinical trials (VCTs) …

Effect of anatomical noise on the detectability of cone beam CT images with different slice direction, slice thickness, and volume glandular fraction

M Han, S Park, J Baek - Optics Express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We investigate the effect of anatomical noise on the detectability of cone beam CT (CBCT)
images with different slice directions, slice thicknesses, and volume glandular fractions …

Model observer for assessing digital breast tomosynthesis for multi-lesion detection in the presence of anatomical noise

G Wen, MK Markey, TM Haygood… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Model observers are widely used in task-based assessments of medical image
quality. The presence of multiple abnormalities in a single set of images, such as in …

Human observer performance on in-plane digital breast tomosynthesis images: Effects of reconstruction filters and data acquisition angles on signal detection

C Lee, M Han, J Baek - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
For digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) systems, we investigate the effects of the
reconstruction filters for different data acquisition angles on signal detection. We simulated a …

Model observer design for multi-signal detection in the presence of anatomical noise

G Wen, MK Markey, S Park - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
As psychophysical studies are resource-intensive to conduct, model observers are
commonly used to assess and optimize medical imaging quality. Model observers are …

Comparison of detectability in step-and-shoot mode and continuous mode digital tomosynthesis systems

C Lee, M Han, J Baek - Medical Imaging 2017: Physics of …, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Digital tomosynthesis system has been widely used in chest, dental, and breast imaging.
Since the digital tomosynthesis system provides volumetric images from multiple projection …

Lesion detectability in stereoscopically viewed digital breast tomosynthesis projection images: a model observer study with anthropomorphic computational breast …

J Reinhold, G Wen, JY Lo… - Medical Imaging 2017 …, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Stereoscopic views of 3D breast imaging data may better reveal the 3D structures of breasts,
and potentially improve the detection of breast lesions. The imaging geometry of digital …

Digital breast tomosynthesis for detecting multifocal and multicentric breast cancer: influence of acquisition geometry on model observer performance in breast …

G Wen, S Park, MK Markey - Medical Imaging 2017: Image …, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Multifocal and multicentric breast cancer (MFMC), ie, the presence of two or more tumor foci
within the same breast, has an immense clinical impact on treatment planning and survival …

Implementation of an anthropomorphic model observer using convolutional neural network for breast tomosynthesis images

C Lee, J Baek - Medical Imaging 2020: Image Perception …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Image quality assessment is important to maintain and improve the imaging system
performance, and conducting a human observer study is considered the most desirable …