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Evaluation of Lobar Biomechanics during Respiration Using Image Registration
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Evaluation of Lobar Biomechanics during Respiration Using Image Registration

Kai Ding, Youbing Yin, Kunlin Cao, Gary E Christensen, Ching-Long Lin, Eric A Hoffman and Joseph M Reinhardt
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2009, pp.739-746
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2009
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04268-3_91
PMCID: PMC2913717
PMID: 20426054
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Abstract

The human lungs are divided into five independent compartments called lobes. The lobar fissures separate the lung lobes. It is hypothesized that the lobar surfaces slide against each other during respiration. We propose a method to evaluate the sliding motion of the lobar surfaces during respiration using lobe-by-lobe mass-preserving non-rigid image registration. We measure lobar sliding by evaluating the relative displacement on both sides of the fissure. The results show a superior-inferior gradient in the magnitude of lobar sliding. We compare whole-lung-based registration accuracy to lobe-by-lobe registration accuracy using vessel bifurcation landmarks.
Functional Residual Capacity Image Registration Registration Accuracy Registration Method Total Lung Capacity

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