Noncathartic computed tomographic colonography (CTC) could significantly increase patient adherence to colorectal screening guidelines. However, radiologists find the interpretation of noncathartic CTC images challenging. We developed a fully automated computer-aided detection (CAD) scheme for assisting radiologists with noncathartic CTC. A volumetric method is used to detect lesions within a thick target region encompassing the colonic wall. Dual-energy CTC (DE-CTC) is used to provide more detailed information about the colon than what is possible with conventional CTC. False-positive detections are reduced by use of a random-forest classifier. The effect of the thickness of the target region on detection performance was assessed by use of 22 clinical noncathartic DE-CTC studies including 27 lesions ≥6 mm. The results indicate that the thickness parameter can have significant effect on detection accuracy. Leave-one-patient-out evaluation indicated that the proposed CAD scheme detects colorectal lesions at high accuracy in noncathartic CTC.
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