System for digital bowel subtraction and polyp detection and related techniques
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1. A system for performing a virtual colonoscopy comprising:
- (a) a digital image generating system;
(b) a storage device, coupled to said digital image generating system, said storage device for storing digital images; and
(c) a digital bowel subtraction processor coupled to receive images of a colon from said storage device, said digital bowel subtraction processor for processing the received digital images of the colon to digitally remove the contents of the colon from the image.
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Abstract
A system for performing a virtual colonoscopy includes a system for generating digital images, a storage device for storing the digital images, a digital bowel subtraction processor coupled to receive images of a colon from the storage device and for removing the contents of the colon from the image and an automated polyp detection processor coupled to receive images of a colon from the storage device and for detecting polyps in the colon image.
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1. A system for performing a virtual colonoscopy comprising:
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(a) a digital image generating system;
(b) a storage device, coupled to said digital image generating system, said storage device for storing digital images; and
(c) a digital bowel subtraction processor coupled to receive images of a colon from said storage device, said digital bowel subtraction processor for processing the received digital images of the colon to digitally remove the contents of the colon from the image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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