Dual modality virtual colonoscopy workstation: design, implementation, and preliminary evaluation

Dongqing Chen; Michael Meissner

doi:10.1117/12.652221

10 March 2006 Dual modality virtual colonoscopy workstation: design, implementation, and preliminary evaluation

Dongqing Chen, Michael Meissner

Proceedings Volume 6141, Medical Imaging 2006: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display; 614104 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.652221
Event: Medical Imaging, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop a virtual colonoscopy (VC) workstation that supports both CT (computed tomography) and MR (magnetic resonance) imaging procedures. The workflow should be optimized and be able to take advantage of both image modalities. The technological break through is at the real-time volume rendering of spatial-intensity-inhomogeneous MR images to achieve high quality 3D endoluminal view. VC aims at visualizing CT or MR tomography images for detection of colonic polyp and lesion. It is also called as CT/MR colonography based on the imaging modality that is employed. The published results of large scale clinical trial demonstrated more than 90% of sensitivity on polyp detection for certain CT colonography (CTC) workstation. A drawback of the CT colonoscopy is the radiation exposure. MR colonography (MRC) is free from the X-ray radiation. It achieved almost 100% specificity for polyp detection in published trials. The better tissue contrast in MR image allows the accurate diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease also, which is usually difficult in CTC. At present, most of the VC workstations are designed for CT examination. They are not able to display multi-sequence MR series concurrently in a single application. The automatic correlation between 2D and 3D view is not available due to the difficulty of 3D model building for MR images. This study aims at enhancing a commercial VC product that was successfully used for CTC to equally support dark-lumen protocol MR procedure also.

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Dongqing Chen and Michael Meissner "Dual modality virtual colonoscopy workstation: design, implementation, and preliminary evaluation", Proc. SPIE 6141, Medical Imaging 2006: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display, 614104 (10 March 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.652221

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Colon

Virtual colonoscopy

Image segmentation

Magnetic resonance imaging

3D vision

3D image processing

Tissues

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