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16 March 2011 Automatic patient motion detection in digital breast tomosynthesis
Baorui Ren, Yiheng Zhang, Chris Ruth, Andrew Smith, Loren Niklason, Zhong Tao, Zhenxue Jing
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Abstract
Patient motion is frequently a problem in mammography, especially when the x-ray exposure is long, resulting in image quality degradation. At present, patient motion can only be identified by inspecting the image subjectively after image acquisition. As digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) takes longer time to complete the data acquisition than conventional mammography, there is more chance for patient motion to happen in DBT. Therefore it is important to understand the potential motion problem in DBT and incorporate a design to minimize it. In this paper we present an automatic method to detect patient motions in DBT. The method is developed based on an understanding that, features of breast should move along predictable trajectory in a time-series of projection measurements; deviations from it are linked to patient motion. Motion distance is estimated by analyzing skin lines and large calcifications (if exist) in all projection images and then a motion score is derived for a DBT scan. Effectiveness and robustness of this method will be demonstrated with clinical data, together with discussions on different motion patterns observed clinically. The impacts of this work could be far-reaching. It allows real-time detection and objective evaluation of patient motions, applicable to all breasts. Patient with severe motion can be re-scanned immediately before leaving the room. Data with moderate motions can go through additional targeted image processing to minimize motion artifacts. It also enables a powerful tool to evaluate and optimize different DBT designs to minimize the patient motion problem. Besides, this method can be extended to other imaging modalities, e.g. breast CT, to study patient motions.
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Baorui Ren, Yiheng Zhang, Chris Ruth, Andrew Smith, Loren Niklason, Zhong Tao, and Zhenxue Jing "Automatic patient motion detection in digital breast tomosynthesis", Proc. SPIE 7961, Medical Imaging 2011: Physics of Medical Imaging, 79615F (16 March 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.878236
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KEYWORDS
Skin

Breast

Digital breast tomosynthesis

Motion measurement

Motion analysis

Motion detection

Image quality

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