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ArticlePediatric radiology2013

Technical developments in postprocessing of paediatric airway imaging.

Savvas Andronikou, Benjamin Irving, Linda Tebogo Hlabangana, Tanyia Pillay, Paul Taylor, Pierre Goussard, Robert Gie

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Article in Pediatric radiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Savvas AndronikouRadiology Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. docsav@mweb.co.za
Benjamin Irving
Linda Tebogo Hlabangana
Tanyia Pillay
Paul Taylor
Pierre Goussard
Robert Gie

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Abstract

CT postprocessing allows more scan information to be viewed at one time allowing an accurate diagnosis to be made more efficiently, and is particularly important in paediatric practice where invasive clinical diagnostic tools can be replaced or at least assisted by modern postprocessing techniques. Four visualization techniques in clinical use are described in this paper including the advantages and disadvantages of each: multiplanar reformation, maximum and minimum intensity projections, shaded surface display and volume rendering. Volume-rendered internal visualization in the form of virtual endoscopy is also discussed. In addition, the clinical usefulness in paediatric practice of demonstrating airway compression and its causes are discussed. Advanced postprocessing techniques that must still find their way from the biomedical research environment into clinical use are introduced with specific reference to computer-aided diagnosis.

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ChildHumansImage EnhancementImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedLungLung DiseasesPediatricsRadiography, ThoracicRespiration DisordersTomography, X-Ray Computed

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