ABSTRACT
As a screening modality, mammography, and its possible replacement breast tomosynthesis, operates under a different set of priorities and constraints than a clinical, diagnostic modality. Breast cancer is both the most common cancer among women in industrialized countries and among the most common forms of cancer worldwide with the incidence projected to keep rising due to the aging population. Breast tissue consists mainly of fibrous connective tissue, blood vessels, milk ducts and milk glands and fat tissue. The tissue components are varied in distribution and appearance, making it difficult to make general statements on radiographic appearance of breasts. This chapter describes an attempt to simulate breast tissue, using an approach that can generate breast tissue-like 3D texture using an implementation of so-called Perlin noise.
