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Electronic Cleansing in CT Colonography: Past, Present, and Future

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Virtual Colonoscopy and Abdominal Imaging. Computational Challenges and Clinical Opportunities (ABD-MICCAI 2010)

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Fecal tagging is a means of ‘marking’ fecal residues (stool and fluid) in a colon by use of the oral administration of a positive contrast agent (barium or iodine) in CT Colonography (CTC). Electronic cleansing (EC) is an emerging technique for removal of tagged fecal materials in fecal tagging CTC images after the image acquisition, and thus to avoid the physical bowel cleansing prior to CT scanning. In this syllabus, we present a brief overview about the past, present, and the future developments of EC technology in fecal tagging CTC.

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Cai, W., Yoshida, H. (2011). Electronic Cleansing in CT Colonography: Past, Present, and Future. In: Yoshida, H., Cai, W. (eds) Virtual Colonoscopy and Abdominal Imaging. Computational Challenges and Clinical Opportunities. ABD-MICCAI 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6668. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25719-3_1

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