MRI Segmentation
Focused ultrasound therapy is a non-invasive treatment for breast cancer. An ultrasound transducer is used to heat a tumor to kill the undesired tissues. Planning a treatment requires a 3D MRI of the breast that has been segmented into tissue types, which is a very time-intensive process. Interobserver variability (differences between different individuals’ segmentations) can impact treatment plans.
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Understanding how much this variability affects treatment planning is important to guiding what level of precision is needed in a segmentation for effective treatment planning. Once an MRI has been segmented, the segmentations themselves are compared, as well as results from both acoustic and thermal simulations of a proposed treatment plan.
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