A method for lung nodule visualization from multi-slice CT data

被引：0

作者：

Bülow, T ^{[1
]}

Wiemker, R ^{[1
]}

Lorenz, C ^{[1
]}

Renisch, S ^{[1
]}

Blaffert, T ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Philips Res Labs, D-22335 Hamburg, Germany

来源：

CARS 2005: COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOLOGY AND SURGERY | 2005年 / 1281卷

关键词：

CAD; lung nodules; visualization; MSCT;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ics.2005.03.116

中图分类号：

TP39 [计算机的应用];

学科分类号：

081203 ; 0835 ;

摘要：

Visual detection of lung nodules in multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) datasets is a tedious, time-consuming and error-prone procedure. For this reason, various computer assisted detection (CAD) systems for the automated detection of lung nodules have been presented in the literature. In this paper, we propose a complementary method helping in the visual detection of nodules. We suggest to segment the lung and the pulmonary vessel tree from the dataset. A maximum intensity projection (MIP) of the lung without the pulmonary vessel tree shows the nodules clearly. Rotating the MIP gives a visual impression of the density, size, shape and spatial position of the nodules. (c) 2005 CARS & Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1127 / 1131

页数：5

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