Breathing chest radiography using a dynamic flat-panel detector combined with computer analysis

フォーマット:

論文

責任表示:

Tanaka, Rie ; Sanada, Shigeru ; Suzuki, Masayuki ; Kobayashi, Takeshi ; Matsui, Takeshi ; Inoue, Hitoshi ; Nakano, Yoshihisa

言語:

英語

出版情報:

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2004-08-01

著者名:

Tanaka, Rie

Sanada, Shigeru

Suzuki, Masayuki

Kobayashi, Takeshi

Matsui, Takeshi

Inoue, Hitoshi

Nakano, Yoshihisa

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掲載情報:

Medical Physics

ISSN:

0094-2405      

巻:

31

通号:

8

開始ページ:

2254

終了ページ:

2262

バージョン:

author

概要:

金沢大学大学院医学系研究科保健学専攻<br />Kinetic information is crucial when evaluating certain pulmonary diseases. When a dynamic flat-panel detector (FPD) can be used for a chest examination, kinetic information can be obtained simply and cost-effec … tively. The purpose of this study was to develop methods for analyzing respiratory kinetics, such as movement of the diaphragm and lung structures, and the respiratory changes in x-ray translucency in local lung fields. Postero- anterior dynamic chest radiographs during respiration were obtained with a modified FPD, which provided dynamic chest radiographs at a rate of 3 frames/s. Image registration for correction of physical motion was followed by measurement of the distance from the lung apex to the diaphragm. Next, we used a cross-correlation technique to measure the vectors of respiratory movement in specific lung areas. Finally, the average pixel value for a given local area was calculated by tracing the same local area in the lung field. This method of analysis was used for six healthy volunteers and one emphysema patient. The results reported here represent the initial stage in the development of a method that may constitute a new method for diagnosing certain pulmonary diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, fibroid lung, and pneumonia. A clinical evaluation of our method is now in progress. (C) 2004 American Association of Physicists in Medicine. 続きを見る

URL:

http://hdl.handle.net/2297/1663