@inproceedings{223aba5dadd441cca9412eefc7582b69,
title = "Anthropomorphic Physical Breast Phantom Based on Patient Breast CT Data: Preliminary Results",
abstract = "We propose a novel approach for the fabrication of realistic in shape, size as well as in x-ray absorption properties 3D physical breast models. The approach eliminates the need for segmentation of breast tissues by directly mimicking the radiodensity of each voxel in a computed tomography (CT) image. This is done through a recently published study that enables the use of variable filament extrusion rate when creating 3D phantoms with fused deposition modeling printers. We use the CT image of a real patient{\textquoteright}s breast to produce a model through the suggested approach. We then validate the fabricated physical breast phantom by obtaining a CT scan of it and comparing the latter to the original CT image of the source patient{\textquoteright}s breast.",
keywords = "3D breast phantom fabrication, Fused deposition modeling, Variable filament extrusion rate",
author = "Sivo Daskalov and Nikiforos Okkalidis and Boone, {John M.} and Stoyko Marinov and Zhivko Bliznakov and Giovanni Mettivier and Hilde Bosmans and Paolo Russo and Kristina Bliznakova",
year = "2020",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_44",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9783030316341",
series = "IFMBE Proceedings",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "367--374",
editor = "Jorge Henriques and {de Carvalho}, Paulo and Nuno Neves",
booktitle = "15th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing – MEDICON 2019 - Proceedings of MEDICON 2019",
note = "15th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, MEDICON 2019 ; Conference date: 26-09-2019 Through 28-09-2019",
}