Reconstructing the human ribcage in 3d with x-rays and geometric models

To avoid lung disease, regular preemptive screenings are an absolute necessity. This article describes a technique that creates a 3D reconstruction of the ribcage without expensive scanners. One of the major uses of this 3D reconstruction software would be as a medical visualization tool that would...

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Published inIEEE multimedia Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 46 - 53
Main Authors Koehler, Christopher, Wischgoll, Thomas, Golshani, Forouzan
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.07.2010
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Chest
Classification algorithms
Diseases
Image edge detection
Image segmentation
Mathematical models
Reconstruction
Ribs
Shape
Three dimensional
Three dimensional displays
Two dimensional
X-rays
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Summary:To avoid lung disease, regular preemptive screenings are an absolute necessity. This article describes a technique that creates a 3D reconstruction of the ribcage without expensive scanners. One of the major uses of this 3D reconstruction software would be as a medical visualization tool that would show the real shape of a ribcage. This 3D reconstruction method could be combined with diagnosis software to help detect lung cancer, to generate 3D size estimates, and to improve visualization of affected regions.
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ISSN:1070-986X
1941-0166
DOI:10.1109/MMUL.2010.5692182