Title :
Virtual dissection of the colon based on helical CT data-can it be done?
Author :
Sorantin, Erich ; Balogh, Emese ; Bartroli, Anna Vilanova i ; Palágyi, Kálmán ; Nyúl, László G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Radiol., Univ. Hosp. Graz, Austria
Abstract :
Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer; and colonic polyps are known precursors of that particular cancer. Virtual dissection refers to a display technique for polyp detection based on helical CT data, where the colon is dissected and flattened as on the pathologist´s table. The approach and image processing as well as the early experience are described in this paper
Keywords :
biological tissues; cancer; computerised tomography; medical image processing; object detection; colonic polyp detection; colorectal cancer; helical CT data; image processing; virtual colon dissection; Cancer; Colon; Colonic polyps; Colonography; Computed tomography; Hospitals; Humans; Image processing; Image reconstruction; Informatics;
Conference_Titel :
Image and Signal Processing and Analysis, 2001. ISPA 2001. Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Pula
Print_ISBN :
953-96769-4-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISPA.2001.938632
