Fast algorithm for soft straightening of the colon

Academic Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 142-148

  Zhang, Zhan ^a   Wang, Ge ^a   Brown, Bruce P ^a   McFarland, Elizabeth G ^b   Haller, John ^a   Vannier, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT colonography; Hard straightening; Image visualization; Interpolation; Soft straightening

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COLON RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034435367     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(00)80114-2     Document Type: Article

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