Visualization of colorectal polyps with spiral CT colography: Evaluation of processing parameters with perspective volume rendering

Radiology

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 701-707

  McFarland, Elizabeth G ^a   Brink, James A ^a,b   Loh, John ^a   Wang, Ge ^a,c   Argiro, Vincent ^a,d   Balfe, Dennis M ^a   Heiken, Jay P ^a   Vannier, Michael W ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Vital Images   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon, CT; Colon, neoplasms; Computed tomography (CT), image processing; Computed tomography (CT), three dimensional; Images, analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RECTUM POLYP; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0030695827     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.205.3.9393524     Document Type: Article

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