Journal article
Interstitial Lung Disease: A Quantitative Study Using the Adaptive Multiple Feature Method
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, Vol.159(2), pp.519-525
02/1999
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.2.9707145
PMID: 9927367
Abstract
We have previously described an adaptive multiple feature method (AMFM) for the objective assessment of global and regional changes in pulmonary parenchyma to detect emphysema. This computerized method uses a combination of statistical and fractal texture features for characterization of lung tissues based upon high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scans. This present study was a substantial extension of the AMFM to simultaneously discriminate between multiple pulmonary disease processes. Normal subjects and those with emphysema, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), or sarcoidosis were studied. The AMFM was compared with two currently utilized computer-based methods: mean lung density (MLD) and the histogram analysis (HIST). Globally, when comparing two-subject groups the AMFM overall accuracy was 2 to 18% better than the overall accuracy of MLD and as much as 36% better than the accuracy of the HIST methods. In three-subject group discrimination tasks, the AMFM performed 7 to 27% better than the MLD and 4 to 36% better than the HIST methods. Finally, in discriminating all four subject groups at a time, the AMFM overall accuracy was 81%, which was 21% better than the MLD and 25% better than the HIST method. In most three-subject group comparisons and in the four-subject group comparison, the AMFM was significantly (p < 0.01) better than the MLD and HIST methods. Next, the AMFM was applied to local discrimination between normal and each disease group individually. The normal versus emphysema, normal versus IPF, and normal versus sarcoidosis samples were discriminated with an accuracy of 95, 86, and 77%, respectively. The AMFM is an objective quantitative method that can be adapted for successful discrimination of multiple parenchymal lung diseases.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Interstitial Lung Disease: A Quantitative Study Using the Adaptive Multiple Feature Method
- Creators
- RENUKA UPPALURIERIC A HOFFMANMILAN SONKAGARY W HUNNINGHAKEGEOFFREY McLENNAN
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, Vol.159(2), pp.519-525
- DOI
- 10.1164/ajrccm.159.2.9707145
- PMID
- 9927367
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Respir Crit Care Med
- ISSN
- 1073-449X
- eISSN
- 1535-4970
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/1999
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Radiology; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Radiation Oncology; Injury Prevention Research Center; Internal Medicine; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984047720902771
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