Chest wall segmentation in automated 3D breast ultrasound scans

► We present an automatic method to segment the chest wall in automated 3D breast ultrasound images. ► It can be used in computer-aided detection systems to remove automatically detected cancer candidates beyond the chest wall. ► It can be of great help for inter- and intra-modal image registration. ► The method was tested on two types of automated 3D breast ultrasound images.