Feasibility studies of virtual laryngoscopy by CT and MRI-from data acquisition, image segmentation, to interactive visualization

Virtual endoscopy concept has been applied to study the larynx, as well as other hollow organs in recent years, assuming a clean lumen. In this work, we investigated the feasibility of virtual laryngoscopy by (1) studying currently available imaging protocols, (2) developing a suitable image segmentation method, and (3) constructing art efficient visualization system. By utilizing helical computed...