Computer-aided detection of small bowel strictures in CT enterography

Nisha I. Sainani; Janne J. Näppi; Dushyant V. Sahani; Hiroyuki Yoshida

doi:10.1117/12.878232

9 March 2011 Computer-aided detection of small bowel strictures in CT enterography

Nisha I. Sainani, Janne J. Näppi, Dushyant V. Sahani, Hiroyuki Yoshida

Proceedings Volume 7963, Medical Imaging 2011: Computer-Aided Diagnosis; 79632J (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.878232
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2011, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), Florida, United States

Abstract

The workflow of CT enterography in an emergency setting could be improved significantly by computer-aided detection (CAD) of small bowel strictures to enable even non-expert radiologists to detect sites of obstruction rapidly. We developed a CAD scheme to detect strictures automatically from abdominal multi-detector CT enterography image data by use of multi-scale template matching and a blob detector method. A pilot study was performed on 15 patients with 22 surgically confirmed strictures to study the effect of the CAD scheme on observer performance. The 77% sensitivity of an inexperienced radiologist assisted by CAD was comparable with the 81% sensitivity of an unaided expert radiologist (p=0.07). The use of CAD reduced the reading time to identify strictures significantly (p<0.0001). Most of the false-positive CAD detections were caused by collapsed bowel loops, approximated bowel wall, muscles, or vessels, and they were easy to dismiss. The results indicate that CAD could provide radiologists with a rapid and accurate interpretation of strictures to improve workflow in an emergency setting.

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Nisha I. Sainani, Janne J. Näppi, Dushyant V. Sahani, and Hiroyuki Yoshida "Computer-aided detection of small bowel strictures in CT enterography", Proc. SPIE 7963, Medical Imaging 2011: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, 79632J (9 March 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.878232

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