Fig. 3From: Nipple-sparing mastectomy: external validation of a three-dimensional automated method to predict nipple occult tumour involvement on preoperative breast MRISegmentation of the nipple and final mask of the nipple-areola complex. a MIP image (maximum intensity projection) performed on T2-weighted image and seed selection. b Segmentation of the nipple (region growing technique) and final mask of the nipple areola complex. c Interpolation of points on nipple baseBack to article page