Virtual pathology: A new paradigm for interpretation of computed tomographic colonography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3335, Issue , 1998, Pages 439-449

  Reed, Judd ^a   Johnson, C Daniel ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer screening; CT Colonography; Curved sectioning; Helical computed tomography; Multiplanar reformatting; Virtual colonoscopy; Virtual endoscopy; Virtual pathology

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ENDOSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; X RAYS;

COMPUTED TOMPOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY (CTC);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032403880     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.312519     Document Type: Conference Paper

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