Implementation Of Double-Windows-Blending To Evaluate Traumatic-Brain-Injury In CT Head Images

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the traumatic-brain-injury on head CT images using a double-windows-blending algorithm in a single color image. Blending windows allows simultaneous viewing of both windows into one color image so that users do not need to changes the window settings. The double-window-blending algorithm was used to combine two windows on the CT images for the diagnosis of fracture and bleeding. This technique made the interpretation time more efficient because different information from two windows was displayed simultaneously in one image. Twenty cases were selected to present head trauma with diagnoses of fractures, acute bleeding, and tumors. The CT images were then processed with the double-windows-blending algorithm. We used two windows, namely the brain and bone windows. We found that the resulting images clearly visualize fractures and bleeding heads in a single color image. The double-windows-blending algorithm showed various pathologies in the head area in one image.