Dynamic chest image analysis: Evaluation of model-based pulmonary perfusion analysis with pyramid images

Jianming Liang, Timo Järvi, Aaro Kiuru, Martti Kormano, Erkki Svedström

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Abstract

Dynamic Chest Image Analysis aims to develop model-based computer analysis and visualization methods for showing focal and general abnormalities of lung ventilation and perfusion based on a sequence of digital chest fluoroscopy frames collected with the Dynamic Pulmonary Imaging technique [18,5,17,6]. We have proposed and evaluated a multiresolutional method with an explicit ventilation model based on pyramid images for ventilation analysis. We have further extended the method for ventilation analysis to pulmonary perfusion. This paper focuses on the clinical evaluation of our method for perfusion analysis. Three clinical cases are included to illustrate the effects of contrast media in perfusion analysis and a dozen of clinical cases without using contrast media are used for evaluation. Our clinical evaluation shows that our method is effective for pulmonary embolism, demonstrating consistent correlations with computed tomography (CT) and nuclear medicine (NM) studies. This performance is the consequence of the idea that the cardiac information recorded in the perfusion image sequence may be utilized to accelerate pulmonary perfusion analysis and improve its sensitivity in detecting pulmonary embolism.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAnnual Reports of the Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University
Pages415-420
Number of pages6
Volume1
StatePublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes
Event23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: Oct 25 2001Oct 28 2001

Other

Other23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period10/25/0110/28/01

Keywords

  • Chest images
  • Dynamic chest image analysis
  • Perfusion model
  • Pulmonary perfusion
  • Pyramid images

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Mechanical Engineering

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