Maximizing quantitative accuracy of lung airway lumen and wall measures obtained from X-ray CT imaging

Journal of Applied Physiology
Osama I SabaJoseph M Reinhardt

Abstract

To objectively quantify airway geometry from three-dimensional computed tomographic (CT) images, an idealized (circular cross section) airway model is parameterized by airway luminal caliber, wall thickness, and tilt angle. Using a two-dimensional CT slice, an initial guess for the airway center, and the full-width-half-maximum principle, we form an estimate of inner and outer airway wall locations. We then fit ellipses to the inner and outer airway walls via a direct least squares fit and use the major and minor axes of the ellipses to estimate the tilt and in-plane rotation angles. Convolving the airway model, initialized with these estimates, with the three-dimensional scanner point-spread function forms the predicted image. The difference between predicted and actual images is minimized by refining the model parameter estimates via a multidimensional, unconstrained, nonlinear minimization routine. When optimization converges, airway model parameters estimate the airway inner and outer radii and tilt angle. Results using a Plexiglas phantom show that tilt angle is estimated to within +/-4 degrees and both inner and outer radii to within one-half pixel when a "standard" CT reconstruction kernel is used. By opening up the abil...Continue Reading

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