2. Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear medicine is a branch of
medical imaging that uses small
amounts of radioactive material to
diagnose and determine the
severity of treat or a variety of
diseases.
9. Our application
Application does the following steps:
• Define template (mask).
• Choose the “best” slice.
• Fit the template to the PET image slice.
• Calculate values and generate report.
10. Find the “best” slice
Problem: Choose “best” slice from all slices,
given by the camera
Solution:
Walk through all PET Dicom images, adjust
contrasts (leave only HOT rods) and find circles
using HOUGH algorithm.
22. Testing
• GUI Testing.
• QA Test results testing (comparing received
results from the system with the test result
made by physicians).
23. Final Conclusions
• In a work with image processing, you need to pay
attention that the image processing result generally
are not accurate, and if there is a need in precision
you need to try additional techniques in order to
double check your results.
• If there are similar images but with different quality
you need to adjust the contrast in order to improve
your image.
• Our work was based only on two kinds of GE
cameras, so the project is oriented for them. Any
additions may cause additional changes in
algorithms and calculations.
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