Simulation of scanner- and patient-specific low-dose CT imaging from existing CT images

Purpose: <br/>Simulating low-­dose Computed Tomography (CT) facilitates in-­silico studies into the required dose for a diagnostic task. Conventionally, low-­‐dose CT images are created by adding noise to the projection data. However, in practice the raw data is often simply not available. This paper presents a new method for simulating patient-...

Computer Aided Detection of Polyps in CT Colonography

CT colonography (CTC) is a minimally invasive method for detection of colorectal polyps and colon cancer. Limitations of CTC related to the efficiency as well as the sensitivity of radiologists. Additionally, the patient's preparation was considered burdensome and the X-ray radiation that is inherent to the technique increases the risk of cancer...

Detection and Segmentation of Colonic Polyps on Implicit Isosurfaces by Second Principal Curvature Flow

Today’s computer aided detection systems for computed tomography colonography (CTC) enable automated detection and segmentation of colorectal polyps.We present a paradigm shift by proposing a method that measures the amount of protrudedness of a candidate object in a scale adaptive fashion. One of the main results is that the performance of the...

Computer-Aided Detection of Polyps in CT Colonography Using Logistic Regression

We present a computer-aided detection (CAD) system for computed tomography colonography that orders the polyps according to clinical relevance. TheCADsystem consists of two steps: candidate detection and supervised classification. The characteristics of the detection step lead to specific choices for the classification system. The candidates are...