Automatic Segmentation of Colon in 3D CT Images and Removal of Opacified Fluid Using Cascade Feed Forward Neural Network

Algorithm 2

Steps implemented for the removal of bowels.

Initialize a new slice (Diff) to store the output by SLDR

   Assign = No of continuous segments in slice ()

   For ()

   Assignment of the minimum value and its corresponding location to new variables

   If the size of the segment

     Select the organ in initial segmented slice (IS) based on the location predicted above and assign it to variable BW

     If (the organ selected by BW matches with the organ in previous Segmented slice) and

     (area of that segmented portion >100) //A conformation Step to avoid colon to mix up with non-colon segments

     Assign BW = false

Repeat the above process and concatenate the segments in that new slice by means of OR operation