Colorectal cancer can easily be prevented provided that the precursors to tumors, small colonic polyps, are detected and removed. Currently, the only definitive examination of the ...
Burak Acar, Christopher F. Beaulieu, Salih Burak G...
In this paper, we present a learning-based method for the detection and segmentation of 3D free-form tubular structures, such as the rectal tubes in CT colonoscopy. This method can...
Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths per year in industrial nations. Virtual colonoscopy is a new, less invasive alternative to the usually practiced ...
Ananda S. Chowdhury, Jianhua Yao, Marius George Li...
This paper presents a comparison of texture based and color and position based methods for polyp detection in endoscopic video images. Two methods for texture feature extraction t...
Abstract. Virtual colonoscopy is a minimally invasive technique allowing early detection of colorectal polyps. A path or centerline through the colon can be very useful to perform ...