New Tools for Computer Assistance in Thoracic CT Part 2. Therapy Monitoring of Pulmonary Metastases
| Autor: | Henning Schubert, Hoen-oh Shin, Berthold B. Wein, Stefan Krass, Jan-Martin Kuhnigk, Dag Wormanns, Stephan Zidowitz, Heinz-Otto Peitgen, Bernd Kuemmerlen, L. Bornemann, Volker Dicken |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Creative visualization
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Computer assistance Cooperative research media_common.quotation_subject ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION Usability Software Informatics medicine Thoracic ct Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Therapy monitoring Medical physics Radiology business media_common |
| Zdroj: | RadioGraphics. 25:841-848 |
| ISSN: | 1527-1323 0271-5333 |
| DOI: | 10.1148/rg.253045163 |
| Popis: | Owing to the rapid development of scanner technology, thoracic computed tomography (CT) offers new possibilities but also faces enormous challenges with respect to the quality of computer-assisted diagnosis and therapy planning. In the framework of the Virtual Institute for Computer Assistance in Clinical Radiology cooperative research project, a software application was developed to assist the radiologist in the analysis of thoracic CT data for the purpose of evaluating the response to tumor therapy. The application provides follow-up support for monitoring of tumor therapy by means of volumetric quantification of tumors and temporal registration. In addition, anatomically adequate three-dimensional visualization techniques for convenient examination of large data sets are included. With close cooperation between computer scientists and radiologists, the application was tested and optimized to achieve a high degree of usability. Several clinical studies were carried out, the results of which indicated that the application improves therapy monitoring with respect to accuracy and time required. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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