Transparent rendering of intraluminal contrast for 3D polyp visualization at CT colonography

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2007 Sep-Oct;31(5):773-9. doi: 10.1097/rct.0b013e3180325648.

Abstract

We developed a classifier that permits transparent rendering of both tagging material and air to facilitate interpretation of tagged computed tomographic (CT) colonography. With this technique, a reader can simultaneously appreciate polyps on endoluminal views both covered with tagging material and against air, along with unmodified 2-dimensional CT images. Evaluated with 49 polyps from 26 patients (data from public National Library of Medicine, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliant), 3 readers were able to determine the presence/absence of polyps in tagged locations with equivalent accuracy compared with polyps in air. This method offers an alternative way to visualize tagged CT colonography.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Area Under Curve
  • Artifacts
  • Colonic Polyps / classification
  • Colonic Polyps / diagnostic imaging*
  • Colonography, Computed Tomographic*
  • Contrast Media
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
  • ROC Curve
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement / methods*
  • Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • Contrast Media