Full-leg/full-spine image stitching: a new and accurate CR-based imaging technique

Piet Dewaele; Pieter Vuylsteke; S. Van de Velde; Emile P. Schoeters

doi:10.1117/12.348529

21 May 1999 Full-leg/full-spine image stitching: a new and accurate CR-based imaging technique

Piet Dewaele, Pieter Vuylsteke, S. Van de Velde, Emile P. Schoeters

Proceedings Volume 3661, Medical Imaging 1999: Image Processing; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.348529
Event: Medical Imaging '99, 1999, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper introduces a new imaging modality based on existing computed radiography technology to form a total body part image from a series of overlapping subimages. The subimages are exposed simultaneously but digitized individually as normal single-exposure examinations. During exposure, a rectangular grid of attenuating lines is present in the X-ray path to aid in the reconstruction process. A digital image-processing algorithm has been developed to assemble a composite image from the subimages, showing perfect geometric continuity of body parts, a technique termed image `stitching'.

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Piet Dewaele, Pieter Vuylsteke, S. Van de Velde, and Emile P. Schoeters "Full-leg/full-spine image stitching: a new and accurate CR-based imaging technique", Proc. SPIE 3661, Medical Imaging 1999: Image Processing, (21 May 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.348529

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