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Visualisation of curved tubular structures in medical databases: An application to virtual colonoscopy

Williams, 2007

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Williams D
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Medical conditions affecting the colon are problematic to diagnose due to the difficulty in examining this particular internal organ. To date, the most widely used approach is to perform a colonoscopy; a procedure in which a small camera is inserted into the colon to …
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