Methods and apparatus to facilitate review of CT colonography exams
AssigneeGE Medical Ssytems Global Technology Company, LLC
InventorsRenaud Capolunghi, Laurent Launay, Jerome Knoplioch, Saad Ahmed Sirohey, Gopal B. Avinash
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Abstract
A method of performing a colon exam includes obtaining at least two initial Computed Tomography (CT) datasets, extracting colon automatically from the CT datasets, synthesizing views of the extracted colon, displaying a plurality of obtained and synthesized views of the colon simultaneously, and synchronizing the views.
Claims22
A method of performing a colon exam, said method comprising:
- obtaining at least two initial Computed Tomography (CT) datasets;
- extracting colon automatically from the CT datasets;
- synthesizing views of the extracted colon by performing a 3D to 2D mapping to generate a 360-degrees unfolded view of an inner wall of the colon;
- displaying a plurality of obtained and synthesized views of the colon simultaneously;
- and
- synchronizing the views.
A computer readable medium encoded with a program configured to instruct a computer to:
- obtain at least two initial Computed Tomography (CT) datasets;
- extract colon automatically from the CT datasets;
- synthesize the views of the extracted colon by performing a 3D to 2D mapping to generate a 360-degrees unfolded view of an inner wall of the colon;
- display the obtained and synthesized views simultaneously;
- and
- synchronize the views.
A Computed Tomography (CT) System comprising:
- a radiation source;
- a radiation detector;
- and
- a computer coupled to said radiation source and said radiation detector, said computer configured to:
- obtain at least two initial Computed Tomography (CT) datasets;
- extract colon automatically from the CT datasets;
- synthesize the views of the extracted colon by performing a 3D to 2D mapping to generate a 360-degrees unfolded view of an inner wall of the colon;
- display the obtained and synthesized views simultaneously;
- and
- synchronize the views.
A method of performing a colon exam, said method comprising:
- obtaining at least two initial Computed Tomography (CT) datasets;
- extracting colon automatically from the CT datasets;
- generating a 3D view of the colon;
- and
- synthesizing views of the extracted colon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.