Segmentation of colon lumen for virtual colonoscopy

Zach Liang; Dongqing Chen; Rui C. H. Chiou; Bin Li; Arie E. Kaufman; Mark R. Wax

doi:10.1117/12.349597

20 May 1999 Segmentation of colon lumen for virtual colonoscopy

Zach Liang, Dongqing Chen, Rui C. H. Chiou, Bin Li, Arie E. Kaufman, Mark R. Wax

Proceedings Volume 3660, Medical Imaging 1999: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.349597
Event: Medical Imaging '99, 1999, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Residual stool and fluid and wall collapses are problematic for virtual colonoscopy. Electronic colon cleansing techniques combining both bowel preparation and image processing were developed to segment the colon lumen from the abdominal computed tomographic (CT) images. This paper describes our bowel preparation and image segmentation techniques and presents some preliminary results. A feasibility study using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is also reported.

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Zach Liang, Dongqing Chen, Rui C. H. Chiou, Bin Li, Arie E. Kaufman, and Mark R. Wax "Segmentation of colon lumen for virtual colonoscopy", Proc. SPIE 3660, Medical Imaging 1999: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, (20 May 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.349597

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