METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF TUMOR EXTENT IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES

摘要

A method, computer program product, and system for assessing tumor extent in medical temporally acquired images. An image acquisition unit (2) may acquire images, and converts the breast images into digital images. A breast volume segmentation unit (6) performs volume segmentation on the images obtained by the image acquisition unit (2), and a border removal unit (8) performs breast border removal based on data generated by the volume segmentation unit (6). A lesion enhancement unit (10) performs lesion enhancement for image data generated by the volume segmentation unit (6). A bounding unit (12) determines a bounding sphere based on the image data generated by the lesion enhancement unit (10), and a three-dimensional search volume unit (14) determines a three-dimensional search volume within the image data generated by the bounding unit (12). A suppression unit (16) suppresses surrounding structures in the image data generated by the three-dimensional search unit.