The present application relates to the field of
digital reconstruction and virtual
angiography technology, and particularly relates to a virtual esophageal
barium contrast generation method based on CT
image segmentation and
digital reconstruction X-
ray image rendering, comprising the following steps: S1, collecting chest or upper
abdominal CT images of a patient and preprocessing; S2, automatically segmenting an esophageal region from the original CT image; S3, dividing the entire esophageal region into three parts, namely, a lumen, a wall and a mucosa; S4, obtaining a segmentation result of a tumor; S5,
mask calculation; S6, filling CT values for different parts of the
esophagus to simulate the state of esophageal filling phase and mucosal phase under different
barium doses; S7, fusing the original CT image with the filling
phase image and the mucosal
phase image respectively to obtain a fused three-dimensional CT image, modeling the propagation process of X-rays in the fused three-dimensional CT volume data by using a DRR technology, and generating a virtual esophageal
barium meal image. The present application does not require the patient to swallow a
barium meal, has no X-
ray exposure risk, has low dependence on the experience of operators, and has stable and reliable
image quality.