Splitting a colon geometry with multiplanar clipping

David K. Ahn; David J. Vining; Yaorong Ge; David R. Stelts

doi:10.1117/12.312526

26 June 1998 Splitting a colon geometry with multiplanar clipping

David K. Ahn, David J. Vining, Yaorong Ge, David R. Stelts

Proceedings Volume 3335, Medical Imaging 1998: Image Display; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.312526
Event: Medical Imaging '98, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Virtual colonoscopy, a recent three-dimensional (3D) visualization technique, has provided radiologists with a unique diagnostic tool. Using this technique, a radiologist can examine the internal morphology of a patient's colon by navigating through a surface-rendered model that is constructed from helical computed tomography image data. Virtual colonoscopy can be used to detect early forms of colon cancer in a way that is less invasive and expensive compared to conventional endoscopy. However, the common approach of 'flying' through the colon lumen to visually search for polyps is tedious and time-consuming, especially when a radiologist loses his or her orientation within the colon. Furthermore, a radiologist's field of view is often limited by the 3D camera position located inside the colon lumen. We have developed a new technique, called multi-planar geometry clipping, that addresses these problems. Our algorithm divides a complex colon anatomy into several smaller segments, and then splits each of these segments in half for display on a static medium. Multi-planar geometry clipping eliminates virtual colonoscopy's dependence upon expensive, real-time graphics workstations by enabling radiologists to globally inspect the entire internal surface of the colon from a single viewpoint.

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David K. Ahn, David J. Vining, Yaorong Ge, and David R. Stelts "Splitting a colon geometry with multiplanar clipping", Proc. SPIE 3335, Medical Imaging 1998: Image Display, (26 June 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.312526

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