TY - GEN
T1 - Quadrant coverage histogram
T2 - 29th Annual International Conference of IEEE-EMBS, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'07
AU - Liu, Danyu
AU - Cao, Yu
AU - Tavanapong, Wallapak
AU - Wong, Johnny
AU - Oh, Junghwan
AU - De Groen, Piet C.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Colonoscopy is an endoscopic technique that allows a physician to inspect the inside of the human colon. Although millions of colonoscopic procedures are performed annually, an objective method that estimates how much effort was undertaken to insure maximal inspection of the visible parts of the inside of the colon, does not exist. Experts agree that it is desirable to inspect all quadrants of the colon wall while the endoscope is gradually withdrawn. In this paper, we present a new computer-based method that constructs a Quadrant Coverage Histogram to determine the number of quadrants of the colon wall inspected during the withdrawal phase of colonoscopy. The proposed method is part of our novel computer-aided quality control system for colonoscopy intended for use in routine clinical practice.
AB - Colonoscopy is an endoscopic technique that allows a physician to inspect the inside of the human colon. Although millions of colonoscopic procedures are performed annually, an objective method that estimates how much effort was undertaken to insure maximal inspection of the visible parts of the inside of the colon, does not exist. Experts agree that it is desirable to inspect all quadrants of the colon wall while the endoscope is gradually withdrawn. In this paper, we present a new computer-based method that constructs a Quadrant Coverage Histogram to determine the number of quadrants of the colon wall inspected during the withdrawal phase of colonoscopy. The proposed method is part of our novel computer-aided quality control system for colonoscopy intended for use in routine clinical practice.
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U2 - 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353078
DO - 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353078
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 18002744
AN - SCOPUS:57649216925
SN - 1424407885
SN - 9781424407880
T3 - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
SP - 3470
EP - 3473
BT - 29th Annual International Conference of IEEE-EMBS, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'07
Y2 - 23 August 2007 through 26 August 2007
ER -