Abstract Reference

Unique Identifier

96347864

Authors

Summers RM, Feng DH, Holland SM, Sneller MC, Shelhamer JH

Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

Title

Virtual bronchoscopy: segmentation method for real-time display.

Source

Radiology 1996 Sep;200(3):857-62

Abstract

Computed tomography (CT) data sets obtained in 14 patients were used in a segmentation method for virtual bronchoscopy (VB). The method constrained the distance of propagation of a region-growing algorithm. The resulting three-dimensional bronchial model was a faithful representation of the source CT data and could be manipulated in real time at frame rates of one to two frames per second. Preliminary data showed that 90% of bronchi (up to third order) measureable on multiplanar CT reformations were also measurable at VB. The bronchial diameters measured at VB were within 1 mm of those measured on multi-planar reconstructions of the CT data.

MeSH Heading

Adult
Aged
Algorithms
Bronchial Diseases/radiography
Bronchography/statistics & numerical data
Bronchography/methods
Bronchography/instrumentation
Bronchoscopy/statistics & numerical data
Bronchoscopy/methods*
Female
Human
Male
Middle Age
Tomography, X-Ray Computed/statistics & numerical data
Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed/instrumentation





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