The tracing of brain tissue and 3-D imaging display CT image application: 3-D recursive tracing

S. C. Chang, D. B. Shieh, S. T. Young, S. W. Yip, T. T. Wong

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Abstract

The size and the shape of brain tissue offer lots of information for clinical diagnosis and treatment. The commercial imaging systems, such as x-ray computer tomography (CT) and magnetic resonant image (MRI), always display only two dimensional (2-D) image, which makes quantitative diagnosis of the variation of brain tissue very difficult. Furthermore, some tissue may be connected through little vessels, which is also difficult to identify using discrete 2-D image. In this study, we processed CT image data using an general purpose IBM personal computer. A new three dimensional (3-D) recursive tracing algorithm was proposed. This new algorithm can automatically extract the image of brain tissue in each 2-D image. The information obtained was therefore used to reconstruct 3-D image. This system allows user to observe 3-D size and shape of brain tissue from arbitrary view. Such 3-D image can also be used to calculate the volume of tissue. Using overlay projecting method, it can display skin, bone, brain tissue and gray material at the same time. Such display method accurately shows the relative position of each tissue and offer physicians important information for diagnosis and treatment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)376-381
Number of pages6
JournalZhonghua yi xue za zhi = Chinese medical journal; Free China ed
Volume48
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - Nov 1991
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Medicine(all)

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