Spiral Computed Tomographic Colonography: Determination of the Central Axis and Digital Unraveling of the Colon

Academic Radiology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 367-373

  McFarland, Elizabeth G ^a   Wang, Ge ^a   Brink, James A ^a   Balfe, Dennis M ^a   Heiken, Jay P ^a   Vannier, Michael W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLON; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOG; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COLON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOGS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031131874     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(97)80119-5     Document Type: Article

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