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KMID : 0356820100260020204
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Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology
2010 Volume.26 No. 2 p.204 ~ p.211
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The Application of Circular Boundary Overlapping in 3-D Reconstruction of Neck Tumors
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Yoo Young-Sam
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Abstract
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Background and Objectives : Boundary detection and drawing are essential in 3D reconstruction of neck mass. Manual tracing methods are popular for drawing head and neck tumor. To improve manual tracing, circular boundaries overlapping was tried.
Materials and Methods : Twenty patients with neck tumors were recruited for study. Representative frames were examined for shapes of outline. They were all single closed curves. Circular boundaries were added to fill the outlines of the tumors. Inserted circles were merged to form single closed curves(Circular boundary overlapping, CBO). After surface rendering, 3 dimensional images with volumes and area data were made. Same procedures were performed with manual tracing from same cases. 3D images were compared with surgical photographs of tumors for shape similarity by 2 doctors. All data were evaluated with Mann-Whitney test(p<0.05).
Results : Shapes of boundaries from CBO were similar with boundaries from manual tracing. Tumor outlines could be filled with multiple circular boundaries., While both boundary tracing gave same results in small tumors, the bigger tumors showed different data. Two raters gave the similar high scores for both manual and CBO methods.
Conclusion : Circular boundary overlapping is time saver in 3 dimensional reconstruction of CT images.
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KEYWORD
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3D reconstruction, Neck tumor
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