Comprehensive Assessment Lung Structure / Function via X-ray CT

10/19/98


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Comprehensive Assessment Lung Structure / Function via X-ray CT

Electron Beam CT

Lung Volume Protocol

Computer Based Airway Edge Detection

Example of Airway Response

Airway Diameter and Beta Agonist Induced Change

Airway Response to Methacholine Challenge (previous study)

3D Airway Anatomy: Cystic Fibrosis

Regional Ventilation

Stable Xenon Gas as a CT Contrast Agent

Ventilation Imaging Protocol

Multi-breath Washout Subtraction Images

Repeatability of Tracer Clearance Data

Physiologic Applications: Evidence of Vertical Based Gradients

Physiologic Applications: Inspiratory Flow Rate Effects

Flow Rate Dependence : Role of Airway Geometry?

Ventilation Imaging Protocol

Single Breath Protocol Inspiration of 100% Xe to TLC

Single Breath With Prolonged Apnea: Instability of Dependent Lung Density

Pulmonary Blood Flow

Pulmonary Blood Flow: Normal Human Volunteer

Distribution of PBF (ml/gm/min)

Filtered FFT Deconvolution w/ Inverted Hanning Window

Transport Function (TF) of Visually Apparent Small Artery

Reduction of Transport Function’s Arterial Peak with Lung Height

Curve Fitting and Separation of Arterial and Microvascular Signals

Reconvolution of Arterial and Microvascular TF Components

Gas Exchange

TF-Based Microvascular and Arterial Mean Transit Times

Adaptive Multiple Feature Method (AMFM)

First order measures

Fractal measures

Second order measures - Cooccurrence

Second order measures - Run length

Classification

Anterior-Posterior differences

Global - Normal vs. Emphysema

Global - Normal vs. IPF

Global - Normal vs. Sarcoidosis

Global - IPF vs. Sarcoidosis

Global - Norm/Emp/IPF/Sarcoid

Regional analysis

Regional classification

Observer validation scheme

Intra-observer agreement

Three readings by observer 2 for an emphysema slice

Three readings by observer 3 for the emphysema slice

Validation results third session

Non-smokers-Smokers-COPD

Examples of local classification

Distribution of the 3 groups in the lung

3-D Airway Extraction: Accurate Quantitation & Road Map To Parenchyma

Standard For Mapping Function to Structure

Equitable Distribution of Advanced Methods of Health Care

Teleradiology Workstation for Advanced Image Display and Analysis

Broadening Accessibility of Quantitative Volumetric Imaging

Broadening Accessibility of Quantitative Volumetric Imaging cont.

Web Based Tutorials Introducing Clinical and Research Applications of Quantitative Volumetric Imaging

NLM Library of Medicine Teleradiolgoy Project.

Application Specific Tutorials

Aortic Aneurysm

Examples

Patient Scan Protocols

Volumetric Imaging Display and Analysis (VIDA) Tutorials

VIDA

VIDA Table of Contents

System Functionality

Technology Utilized

Issues (1)

Issues (2)

Issues (3)

Simplicity

Compression

Image Compression

Communication Protocols

Author: Eric A. Hoffman Ph.D.

Email: eric-hoffman@uiowa.edu

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