Adaptive correction of the pseudo-enhancement of CT attenuation for fecal-tagging CT colonography

Medical Image Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 413-426

  Näppi, Janne ^a   Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided detection; Contrast agent; Image processing; Pseudo enhancement; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING;

ADAPTIVE CORRECTIONS; ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION; CONTRAST AGENT; ENHANCEMENT EFFECTS; FECAL-TAGGING CT COLONOGRAPHY; FREE-RESPONSE RECEIVERS; VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

BARIUM; BISACODYL; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DIATRIZOATE; LOSO PREP; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; TAGITOL V;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FECAL TAGGING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 46749142932     PISSN: 13618415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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