In her doctoral thesis, Eva van Rikxoort describes methods for automatically identifying various structures on chest CT scans and defining their outlines.
She demonstrates how it is possible to automatically outline the lungs – fissures, lobes, segments – the airways and the heart with very great precision.
This enables immediate recognition of which structures are visualized on the scan image and their positions. The same applies to a radiographer who looks at a CT scan. The identification of various anatomical structures is the first step towards making a diagnosis. The first essential step in the development of computer programs designed to help radiologists reach a diagnosis is the automatic identification and outlining of the various anatomical structures.
Eva van Rikxoort will receive her PhD on September 17 from Utrecht University. The title of her dissertation is “Segmentation of anatomical structures in chest CT scans.”