• DocumentCode
    3485468
  • Title

    3D analysis of solitary pulmonary nodules based on contrast enhanced dynamic CT

  • Author

    Takagi, N. ; Kawata, Y. ; Niki, N. ; Mori, K. ; Ohmatsu, H. ; Kakinuma, R. ; Eguchi, K. ; Kusumoto, M. ; Kaneko, M. ; Moriyamn, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Tokushima Univ., Japan
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    416
  • Abstract
    In this paper we propose three strategies for analysis of solitary pulmonary nodules in contrast enhanced dynamic CT images. First we collect contrasted images with regale time interval, and we analyze their CT values with respect to the time variation. In the second, we compare the shape spectra characteristic of each contrasted image. The third strategy consists of subtracting the noncontrasted images from contrasted images. The results show that each starkly promise good differentiation between benign and malignant nodule. So we try differential diagnosis
  • Keywords
    cancer; computerised tomography; differentiation; medical image processing; patient treatment; solitons; 3D analysis; computerised tomography; contrast enhanced dynamic CT; contrasted images; malignant nodule; regale time interval; shape spectra characteristic; solitary pulmonary nodules; Cancer; Computed tomography; Deformable models; Electronic mail; Hospitals; Image analysis; Lungs; Medical treatment; Shape; Velocity measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Image Processing, 1999. ICIP 99. Proceedings. 1999 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kobe
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5467-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIP.1999.817147
  • Filename
    817147