Incorporating heterogeneity and anisotropy for surgical applications in breast deformation modeling

MJ Ringel, WL Richey, JS Heiselman, IM Meszoely… - Clinical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Simulating soft-tissue breast deformations is of interest for many applications
including image fusion, longitudinal registration, and image-guided surgery. For the surgical …

Regularized kelvinlet functions to model linear elasticity for image-to-physical registration of the breast

M Ringel, J Heiselman, W Richey, I Meszoely… - … Conference on Medical …, 2023 - Springer
Image-guided surgery requires fast and accurate registration to align preoperative imaging
and surgical spaces. The breast undergoes large nonrigid deformations during surgery …

Mechanics based modeling for image guidance in breast conserving surgery

MJ Ringel - 2024 - ir.vanderbilt.edu
Breast conserving surgery (BCS) is a common procedure for early-stage breast cancer
where the tumor is removed with a surrounding margin of healthy tissue. BCS aims to excise …

[PDF][PDF] Non-palpable breast lesion surgery: Finite element models for 3D-MRI registration and preliminary feasibility study

DIM Gravina, DIA de Giorgio, S Colangelo - researchgate.net
Non-palpable breast lesions are difficult cancer forms to deal with for surgeons. In removing
the cancerous tissue, the surgeon often removes even healthy tissue and this leads to …