Initially, the symptoms appeared to point to tracheal stenosis, but the patients CT scan showed no significant stenosis. The true diagnosis is that the patient has asthma. The patient is doing fine now that his asthma is properly treated.
The original Imatron CT scan.
Surface Display of airway.
The bronchoscopic view.
1998 View
The original Imatron CT scan.
Surface Display of airway.
Measurements
View from Nov. 1997
Tube Geometry Analysis Summary
Date : Nov. 24 22:40:17 1997
Oblique slices : 31
Segmented image : airwayseg.1-20_int
Slice Area [mm^2] AP [mm] Lat [mm] Position Major Minor Orthogonal
1 91.232 9.576 13.680 (239.24,255.45, 2.93) 15.001 7.647 8.265
2 74.857 10.260 9.576 (243.21,249.66, 2.59) 10.418 8.006 8.570
3 84.682 10.260 10.260 (243.39,249.28, 5.91) 10.463 8.759 10.463
4 98.250 11.628 11.628 (241.38,251.85, 5.15) 11.965 8.570 10.441
5 116.496 11.628 11.628 (240.49,252.38, 6.52) 14.035 9.673 9.673
6 129.128 13.680 12.996 (240.68,252.48, 8.23) 14.797 9.865 10.815
7 132.871 13.680 13.680 (240.06,253.01, 9.62) 15.001 9.673 10.168
8 131.468 13.680 12.996 (239.42,253.33, 11.07) 16.444 9.721 10.168
9 123.046 12.312 12.312 (238.89,253.25, 12.61) 14.638 9.793 11.218
10 122.110 12.996 12.312 (238.35,253.58, 14.12) 14.542 10.441 11.648
11 126.789 12.996 12.996 (237.91,253.80, 15.70) 15.187 10.684 12.331
12 135.210 12.312 12.996 (237.36,254.62, 17.03) 15.064 11.029 12.178
13 147.375 12.996 13.680 (237.15,254.27, 18.90) 15.953 11.218 11.768
14 151.585 13.680 14.364 (236.51,255.59, 20.14) 16.990 11.218 11.608
15 156.264 12.996 16.416 (235.24,255.03, 21.42) 17.652 10.684 10.815
16 178.253 15.732 15.732 (235.63,254.61, 23.23) 19.017 11.029 12.101
17 167.492 15.048 15.732 (234.40,255.24, 24.29) 16.894 10.815 10.815
18 154.392 15.048 14.364 (233.39,255.44, 25.69) 16.558 11.135 11.648
19 152.521 11.628 15.048 (233.30,255.21, 27.50) 16.894 11.384 11.768
20 143.632 12.312 14.364 (233.11,256.18, 29.03) 15.017 11.628 12.331
21 148.310 11.628 15.048 (231.81,256.96, 30.42) 15.909 10.944 11.628
22 165.621 13.680 15.048 (232.79,256.86, 32.22) 16.699 12.121 12.723
23 180.125 14.364 14.364 (232.30,257.06, 33.80) 17.263 12.851 13.281
24 185.271 15.048 16.416 (231.78,257.78, 35.20) 17.141 13.068 15.017
25 182.932 13.680 16.416 (230.81,258.83, 36.19) 17.100 12.778 14.638
26 189.014 13.680 17.100 (230.81,259.67, 37.70) 17.652 12.778 13.680
27 176.850 13.680 19.152 (229.89,260.84, 38.52) 19.262 10.815 13.068
28 162.814 13.680 19.152 (229.04,261.36, 39.89) 19.587 10.168 10.463
29 126.321 13.680 15.048 (225.83,260.91, 38.42) 15.141 10.168 12.331
30 119.303 10.944 17.784 (225.96,262.58, 41.56) 17.784 7.647 7.647
31 152.989 6.840 21.888 (227.74,264.02, 42.96) 22.406 6.156 6.975
View from Feb. 1998
Tube Geometry Analysis Summary
Date : Wed Feb 25 21:25:39 1998
Note : trachea
Oblique slices : 31
Segmented image : trachseg_int
Slice Area [mm^2] AP [mm] Lat [mm] Position Major Minor Orthogonal
1 167.198 15.234 15.234 (261.35,241.42, 3.49) 15.212 12.676 13.928
2 178.528 14.648 14.648 (260.49,244.26, 9.52) 16.594 12.970 14.507
3 198.441 16.406 14.063 (259.54,245.22, 15.96) 16.901 13.791 14.648
4 202.561 16.992 14.648 (260.49,247.36, 22.11) 17.421 13.387 14.507
5 198.784 15.820 14.063 (260.68,249.46, 28.24) 16.871 13.791 15.019
6 200.844 17.578 14.063 (260.88,250.68, 34.61) 17.734 13.527 13.591
7 185.395 15.234 14.648 (261.21,253.05, 40.62) 16.206 13.102 15.007
8 197.068 16.406 14.063 (260.92,255.78, 46.49) 16.666 13.679 14.256
9 179.215 16.992 12.305 (260.60,257.45, 52.82) 17.352 11.777 11.951
10 133.553 15.234 10.547 (261.80,257.41, 59.26) 15.279 10.233 10.612
11 98.190 12.305 9.375 (263.00,256.29, 65.62) 12.621 9.096 9.699
12 65.575 9.375 8.203 (262.61,257.14, 72.12) 9.822 7.640 8.161
13 45.662 8.203 6.445 (263.99,257.90, 78.41) 8.531 5.528 5.559
14 39.482 7.031 6.445 (265.06,257.86, 84.79) 7.861 5.528 5.528
15 43.945 7.617 6.445 (264.78,258.65, 91.22) 8.328 5.859 6.229
16 39.826 7.031 5.859 (265.30,259.90, 97.56) 7.412 5.859 6.311
17 39.139 7.031 5.859 (266.78,258.69,104.35) 7.412 5.859 6.311
18 48.409 8.203 6.445 (264.26,261.18,110.44) 8.651 5.859 6.033
19 55.618 8.789 7.031 (263.60,261.29,116.95) 8.963 6.681 6.681
20 66.261 9.961 8.203 (263.88,260.27,123.40) 10.899 6.833 7.504
21 67.635 9.961 8.789 (261.72,261.37,129.52) 10.756 7.080 7.640
22 96.817 11.719 10.547 (258.98,263.73,135.01) 12.904 8.925 9.153
23 117.760 13.477 11.719 (257.86,264.82,141.37) 15.831 9.171 9.610
24 113.297 11.719 11.719 (256.80,265.08,147.83) 13.679 9.961 10.366
25 130.806 12.891 12.891 (254.80,266.88,153.73) 15.007 10.366 10.899
26 162.049 15.234 14.063 (253.97,267.35,160.15) 17.421 10.899 11.631
27 140.763 13.477 12.891 (251.22,268.19,165.96) 14.939 10.946 12.022
28 158.615 13.477 14.648 (249.87,270.07,172.01) 15.993 12.022 12.581
29 189.171 14.648 16.406 (248.30,271.82,177.98) 17.588 13.167 13.666
30 193.291 12.305 19.922 (246.66,273.32,184.00) 18.896 11.148 11.777
31 232.773 12.305 24.023 (246.40,275.53,190.12) 24.371 10.612 10.692
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