An object-oriented system for 3D medical image analysis

被引:5
作者
Elliott, PJ
Diedrichsen, J
Goodson, KJ
RisteSmith, R
Sivewright, GJ
机构
[1] IBM UK Scientific Centre, IBM UK Laboratories, Winchester, Hampshire S021 2JN, Hursley Park
[2] Technischen Informatik, Fachhochschule Hamburg
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D O I
10.1147/sj.351.0004
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 [计算机科学与技术];
摘要
As part of a European Commission-funded research project on medical image analysis, we have developed a system aimed at solving a real clinical problem: the outlining of the target volume and organs at risk for three-dimensional conformal radiation treatment planning. The clinical requirement is to make this process less tedious and time-consuming. We show how object-oriented design techniques can be used to good effect in a collaborative project such as this, so that image segmentation and other algorithms from a number of different partners in the consortium can be integrated into one system for comparative evaluation by the clinical partners. We describe in some detail two of these algorithms, one a straightforward region and volume grower, in which particular attention has been paid to adapting the user interface to suit clinical needs, and the other an interactive tool using b-spline surface patches for direct three-dimensional segmentation. We report on the clinical feedback we have received, which indicates that the most technically advanced algorithms are not necessarily the most useful from a clinician's point of view.
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页数:21
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