title: [Three-dimensional image display of the kidney from X-ray CT scan utilizing the 3DCT method].
abstract: Stereographic reproduction of human organs, now under development as an application of computer graphics, aims at delineating the three-dimensional spread of a lesion, simulating an operation and drawing up a radiotherapeutic plan. We are currently attempting to obtain a stereo display of the kidney using a 3DCT method based on X-ray CT data obtained by scanning a 4 mm slice in cases of bilateral renal calculus of the template type, renal bleeding and renal carcinoma. This 3DCT method was capable of displaying a stereo image of the kidneys relatively with ease since it made analysis possible, using a computer built inside the X-ray CT device. The development of a software program capable of stereographically displaying many organs on the same screen is an awaited future project.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mikata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Imao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Katoh
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed