title: A 3-D CAD tool for CT colonography.
abstract: Nowadays, biomedical images of the human body are an invaluable source of information that clinicians can use in order to make a correct and final diagnosis. Their use is widespread in almost every branch of medicine. In some cases, computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) tools have received approval for being used without any human intervention and validation, like, for example, in breast cancer detection relying on X-rays mammograms. In this paper we present a framework for building CAD tools based on the well-known software design patterns and an implementation of the first modules of a CAD tool for computed tomography (CT) colonography.
authors.affiliation: Computer Science Department, University of Pisa, Italy. cardillo@di.unipi.it
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Cardillo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cesaraccio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Starita
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Neri
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D023881:Colonography, Computed Tomographic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014584:User-Computer Interface