| Volume estimation of the thyroid gland respectively of nodules in 3-D ultrasound data The examination of the thyroid is usually done with a 2-D ultrasound probe.
The volume of the thyroid can be estimated by the known formula: width x depth
x length (in cm) x 0.5. Additionally two slices of the thyroid gland lobe are
saved for each observed patient. On the one hand, this is user dependent, e.g.
the choice of the stored slice by the physician, on the other hand it limits the
plastically 3-D impression of the thyroid. The aim of this project is to automatically
determine the volume of the thyroid lobe and to provide the extracted thyroid volume
for follow-up studies. This can yield additional information about the course of disease.
The methods should also be applied to nodular tissues inside the thyroid.
Therefore, partial volumes of the thyroid gland are acquired with a 3-D ultrasound
machine which contain the nodule.
The processing pipeline includes: postprocessing, segmentation and classification of different
structures, e.g. cyst. | Project manager:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Hornegger, Prof. Dr. med. Torsten Kuwert
Project participants:
Dipl.-Inf. Eva Kollorz
Keywords:
3-D ultrasound; preprocessing; segmentation; volume estimation; thyroid gland
Duration: 1.5.2008 - 31.12.2010
Mitwirkende Institutionen:
Nuklearmedizinische Klinik
Contact:
Kollorz, Eva
E-Mail: eva.kollorz@cs.fau.de
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