title: Three-dimensional reconstruction of biliary tract from biplane projections.
abstract: Over the past few years, very little has been done in the area of 3-D reconstruction of the bile duct. Since the system in use for 3-D visualization of the biliary tree is built by surgical or autopsy materials, it generally cannot be applied to clinical diagnosis. In this paper, an algorithm for three-dimensional reconstruction of the biliary tree from two mutually orthogonal is presented to provide accurate and reproducible 3-D information of the biliary tree structure. It has been proven to be useful in diagnosis prior to operation or non-surgical treatment, particularly, obstructive stones can be visualized by using a transparency technique. As experiments demonstrated, the proposed method can be used as a useful tool for the visualization of 3-D structure of biliary tree in clinical applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Y N
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: X Z
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed