Digital Eversion of a Hollow Structure: An Application in Virtual Colonography. (7th July 2008)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhao, Jun; Cao, Liji; Zhuang, Tiange; Wang, Ge
• Other Names: Wei Guowei Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: International journal of biomedical imaging. Volume 2008(2008)
• Publication Date: 2008-07-07
• Subjects: Diagnostic imaging -- Periodicals; Imaging systems in medicine -- Periodicals; Imagerie pour le diagnostic; Imagerie médicale; Diagnostic imaging; Imaging systems in medicine; Diagnostic Imaging -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 616.0754
• DOI: 10.1155/2008/763028
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-4188

Abstract

Abstract : A new methodology is presented for digital eversion of a hollow structure. The digital eversion is advantageous for better visualization of a larger portion of the inner surface with preservation of geometric relationship and without time-consuming navigation. Together with other techniques, digital eversion may help improve screening, diagnosis, surgical planning, and medical education. Two eversion algorithms are proposed and evaluated in numerical simulation to demonstrate the feasibility of the approach.