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7588357

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-12-7
pubmed:abstractText
To make conventional two-dimensional cholangiography easier and more precise to read, we used techniques in computer vision to reconstruct the images in three dimensions. A 72-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman suffering from acute cholangitis were treated using endoscopic nasobiliary drainage. Their cholangiograms, from two orthogonal views, were used for three-dimensional reconstruction. We used video image-grabber and film scanner methods to digitize the original conventional biliary radiographs, and applied two different image processing methods to show the biliary structure. Both methods of three-dimensional reconstruction of the biliary tract were highly useful in evaluating the biliary tracts in these two patients, especially when a semitranslucence overlapping display technique was applied in the second patient. With this technique, the biliary tree itself and the stones inside the common bile duct can be clearly delineated. The technique of three-dimensional reconstruction of biliary images can make the conventional cholangiographs more lifelike and has great potential in surgical simulation in the near future.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0013-726X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
400-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Three-dimensional reconstruction of the biliary tract from two-dimensional biliary images.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't