IMAGE MANIPULATION
THOSE TECHNIQUES OR PROCESSES WHICH MODIFY AN IMAGE OR GROUP OF IMAGES TO ENHANCE THE VISIBILITY OF USEFUL INFORMATION WHILE SUPPRESSING NOISE OR NON- USEFUL INFO.
WINDOWING POINT PROCESSING TECHNIQUE
WINDOWING SYNONYMS: CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT CONTRAST STRETCHING HISTOGRAM MODIFICATION HISTOGRAM STRETCHING MOST COMMON IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE IN CT
CONTRAST MANIPULATION
WINDOW WIDTH – WW CONTROLS CONTRAST IN CT LARGE NUMBER – LOW CONTRAST LONG SCALE OF CONTRAST WIDE LATITTUDE
WINDOW LEVEL - WL CONTROLS DENSITY IN CT LARGE NUMBER – HIGH DENSITY OBJECTS WITH CT# BELOW WL WILL GET DARKER
WW – 2000, WL 0 CT # CT # MIDPOINT - O
WINDOW WIDTH WW
CT # RANGES VARY IN SCANNERS TO TO
WW & WL WW
WW & WL WW
WW & WL WW
WW MANIPULATION LUNGLIVERPELVIS NARROW WW LUNG LIVERPELVIS
WW MANIPULATION LUNGLIVERPELVIS MEDIUM WW LUNGLIVERPELVIS
WW MANIPULATION LUNGLIVERPELVIS WIDE WW LUNGLIVERPELVIS
WL MANIPULATION LUNGLIVER PELVIS WL
WL MANIPULATION LUNGLIVER PELVIS WL
WL MANIPULATION LUNGLIVER PELVIS WL
WW - WIDE FOR TISSUES OF GREATLY DIFFERING ATTENUATION WITHIN THE IMAGE BODY SCANS WW LUNG – WW BONE – 1000 – 2000 WW
WW - NARROW FOR DIFFERENT TISSUES OF SIMILAR DENSITIES WITHIN THE IMAGE BRAIN WW LIVER – WW
WL – WINDOW LEVEL SHOULD BE CENTERED NEAR THE AVERAGE ATTENUATION OF THE TISSUES OF INTEREST BODY – 0 TO 60 WL LUNG TO -800
CONTRAST vs WW WW CONTRAST MEDIUM WW – CONTRAST OPTIMIZED MEDIUM WW – CONTRAST OPTIMIZED
WL 0, WW –1,
WL +100, WW
WL -100, WW
WW – WL –
WW – WL –
WW – WL –
WW – WL –
WW – WL –
WW – WL –
WW – WL –
WW – WL –
WW – WL –
WW – WL – -600 TO
WW – WL –
WW – WL –
WW – WL –
WW – WL –
DUAL WINDOW DISPLAY DIFFERENT WW & WL PROVIDES WELL DEFINED CONTOURS TO SEPARATE TWO DIFFERENT ANATOMICAL AREAS
VISUALIZATION TOOLS MULTIPLE WINDOWS
IMAGE MAGNIFICATION
DISTANCE AND ANGLE
COORDINATES
HIGHLIGHTING
CT HISTOGRAM
ROI
ROI AND MAGNIFICATION