Untersuchung zur technischen Durchführbarkeit der schwellenwertabhängigen Bildsegmentierung bei der óvirtuellen Endoskopieƒ des oberen Harntraktes auf der Basis kontrastangehobener T1-gewichteter MR-Urographie-Datensätze

This study evaluated the technical feasibility of the threshold value dependent image segmentation in virtual endoscopy of the upper urinary tract based on contrast-enhanced T1-weighted MR urography data sets. The aim was to find out whether different pathological structures could be differentiated from each other. Method: The data obtained from 69 gadolinium-enhanced MR-urographic examinations were post-processed to recunstruct a virtual endoscopy of the upper urinary tract using a threshold image segmentation. Results: Different pathological structures (tumor, nephroliths, stenosis) and filling defects could be evaluated from endoluminal view using the virtual endoscopy. By the reconstructed pictures the classification of the presented pathological structures could unfortunately not be achived in each single case. The exact characterisation of the pathological findings based only on the assessment of the surface structure was often impossible. Technical improvement in the near future will probably let it become possible.

Grantor dc:publisher

Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen University

Year dc:date

2007

Author dc:creator

• Jacke, Christina

Contributors dc:contributor

• Nolte-Ernsting, Claus

• info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/610
• Medizin
• upper urinary tract
• MR-urography
• virtual endoscopy

Statement dc:rights

• info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Language dc:language

ger

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https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/search?p=id:%22RWTH-CONV-123827%22

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:publications.rwth-aachen.de:62248