Projection slice theorem and computed tomography

The objective of this study was to investigate the diagnosis of colonic polyps (CP) through the computed tomography (CT) images combined with colonoscopy based on Fourier central slice theorem algorithm. In this study, 86 patients with CP admitted to hospital were selected as research objects. CT imaging and colonoscopy were applied to diagnose the patients based on the algorithm of Fourier central slice theorem. The results showed that the diagnostic detection rates of CP and colon cancer (CC) were 88.2% and 94.2%, respectively. The occurrence site of CP was the sigmoid and ascending colon. 38 patients were positive for serosal invasion of CP while 42 patients were negative for serosal invasion of CP, and there were no statistical differences ( P > 0.05 ). The lesion positions of remaining 6 cases were hard to find and could not be detected accurately. Besides, the diagnostic accuracy of preoperative and postoperative stages III and IV was all 100.00%. The combination of CT imaging and colonoscopy was employed to diagnose CP, which was found to be able to accurately locate the lesions, to effectively evaluate the tumor stage before and after surgery, and to have a good diagnostic efficacy in detecting tumor serosal layer.

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X-ray microtomography

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100107058 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 46 ◽

pp. 998-999

Author(s):

H.W. Deckman ◽

B.F. Flannery ◽

J.H. Dunsmuir ◽

K.D' Amico

Keyword(s):

Computed Tomography ◽

Internal Structure ◽

Imaging Technique ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Tissue Structure ◽

Individual Element ◽

X Ray ◽

Non Invasive ◽

Panoramic Imaging ◽

Three Dimensional Images

We have developed a new X-ray microscope which produces complete three dimensional images of samples. The microscope operates by performing X-ray tomography with unprecedented resolution. Tomography is a non-invasive imaging technique that creates maps of the internal structure of samples from measurement of the attenuation of penetrating radiation. As conventionally practiced in medical Computed Tomography (CT), radiologists produce maps of bone and tissue structure in several planar sections that reveal features with 1mm resolution and 1% contrast. Microtomography extends the capability of CT in several ways. First, the resolution which approaches one micron, is one thousand times higher than that of the medical CT. Second, our approach acquires and analyses the data in a panoramic imaging format that directly produces three-dimensional maps in a series of contiguous stacked planes. Typical maps available today consist of three hundred planar sections each containing 512x512 pixels. Finally, and perhaps of most import scientifically, microtomography using a synchrotron X-ray source, allows us to generate maps of individual element.

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