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Quantification and Characterization of Pulmonary Emphysema in Multislice-CT

Oliver WeinheimerHans-ulrich KauczorThomas UthmannChristian BuschsiewkeT. AchenbachClaus P. Heussel

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medicine.medical_specialtyLungComputer scienceSoftware toolPulmonary emphysemaCADrespiratory systemrespiratory tract diseasesData setmedicine.anatomical_structureComputer-aided diagnosismedicineMultislice ctSegmentationRadiology

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The new technology of the Multislice-CT provides volume data sets with approximately isotropic resolution, which permits a non invasive measurement of diffuse lung diseases like emphysema in the 3D space. The aim of our project is the development of a full automatic 3D CAD (Computer Aided Diagnosis) software tool for detection, quantification and characterization of emphysema in a thoracic CT data set. It should supply independently an analysis of an image data set to support the physician in clinical daily routine. In this paper we describe the developed 3D algorithms for the segmentation of the tracheo-bronchial tree, the lungs and the emphysema regions. We present different emphysema describing indices.

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2003-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39619-2_10