Multi-Material, Approach-Guided, Controlled-Resolution Breast Meshing for Fe-Based Interactive Surgery Simulation

This paper proposes a guided, controlled resolution framework for 3D multi-material meshing. Using data from magnetic resonance (MR) images, we efficiently focused on demonstrating our framework for patient-specific breast cases. As a result, we can preserve the shared boundaries and enhance the resolution without negating the aspect of simulation computing time needed for finite element analysis (FEA). Our output is a high-quality volumetric mesh comprising 21K cells representing the three main parts for breast surgery simulation and planning, fat, fibroglandular (FGT), and tumor mass. Our approach combines three steps, surface meshing, surface mesh decimation, and generating a volumetric mesh. We showed experimental results for every stage and compared our final output to other literature, proving our method's efficiency in an accurate, simple, and high-quality presentation of a patient-specific breast meshing.