A novel shape similarity based elastography system for prostate cancer assessment

Haisu Wang; Seyed Reza Mousavi; Abbas Samani

doi:10.1117/12.911417

16 April 2012 A novel shape similarity based elastography system for prostate cancer assessment

Haisu Wang, Seyed Reza Mousavi, Abbas Samani

Proceedings Volume 8317, Medical Imaging 2012: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging; 831726 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.911417
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Prostate cancer is the second common cancer among men worldwide and remains the second leading cancer-related cause of death in mature men. The disease can be cured if it is detected at early stage. This implies that prostate cancer detection at early stage is very critical for desirable treatment outcome. Conventional techniques of prostate cancer screening and detection, such as Digital Rectal Examination (DRE), Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) and Trans Rectal Ultra-Sonography (TRUS), are known to have low sensitivity and specificity. Elastography is an imaging technique that uses tissue stiffness as contrast mechanism. As the association between the degree of prostate tissue stiffness alteration and its pathology is well established, elastography can potentially detect prostate cancer with a high degree of sensitivity and specificity. In this paper, we present a novel elastography technique which, unlike other elastography techniques, does not require displacement data acquisition system. This technique requires the prostate's pre-compression and postcompression transrectal ultrasound images. The conceptual foundation of reconstructing the prostate's normal and pathological tissues elastic moduli is to determine these moduli such that the similarity between calculated and observed shape features of the post compression prostate image is maximized. Results indicate that this technique is highly accurate and robust.

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Haisu Wang, Seyed Reza Mousavi, and Abbas Samani "A novel shape similarity based elastography system for prostate cancer assessment", Proc. SPIE 8317, Medical Imaging 2012: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 831726 (16 April 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.911417

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