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Presentation 2007-09-20 11:20
A method for dividing the lung into bronchopulmonary segments based on bronchial tree analysis
Takayuki Kitasaka, Yuichi Nakada, Kensaku Mori, Yasuhito Suenaga (Nagoya Univ.), Hirotoshi Honma (Sapporo Medical Univ.), Hirotsugu Takabatake (Sapporo Minami-Sanjo Hospital), Masaki Mori (Sapporo Kosei-General Hospital), Hiroshi Natori (Nishioka Hospital) MI2007-40
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(in English) This paper describes a method for dividing lung regions into bronchopulmonary segments based on bronchial structure analysis.
The lung consists of five lobes which are divided into nineteen bronchopulmonary segments.
In the analysis of pulmonary diseases, it is important to recognize bronchopulmonary segments which are specified by intrasegmental bronchi. Though their boundaries cannot be observed on CT images, it seems that they can be estimated from the basin of each intrasegmental bronchus. Thus, we propose a method for dividing the lung into bronchopulmonary segments using results of the nomenclature of a bronchial tree. We first label anatomical names to each branch of a bronchial tree, and then apply Voronoi diagram to the lung regions whose seeds are intrasegmental bronchus and their descending branches. The proposed method was applied to thirteen cases of 3D chest CT images. The results showed that bronchopulmonary segments could be divided satisfactorily.
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(in English) bronchopulmonary segment / Voronoi diagram / anatomical name of bronchial branch / / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 107, no. 220, MI2007-40, pp. 29-32, Sept. 2007.
Paper # MI2007-40 
Date of Issue 2007-09-13 (MI) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Conference Date 2007-09-20 - 2007-09-20 
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Place (in English) Kyushu Univ. 
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Conference Code 2007-09-MI 
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Title (in English) A method for dividing the lung into bronchopulmonary segments based on bronchial tree analysis 
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Keyword(1) bronchopulmonary segment  
Keyword(2) Voronoi diagram  
Keyword(3) anatomical name of bronchial branch  
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1st Author's Name Takayuki Kitasaka  
1st Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Yuichi Nakada  
2nd Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Kensaku Mori  
3rd Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
4th Author's Name Yasuhito Suenaga  
4th Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
5th Author's Name Hirotoshi Honma  
5th Author's Affiliation Sapporo Medical University (Sapporo Medical Univ.)
6th Author's Name Hirotsugu Takabatake  
6th Author's Affiliation Sapporo Minami-Sanjo Hospital (Sapporo Minami-Sanjo Hospital)
7th Author's Name Masaki Mori  
7th Author's Affiliation Sapporo Kosei-General Hospital (Sapporo Kosei-General Hospital)
8th Author's Name Hiroshi Natori  
8th Author's Affiliation Keiwaka Nishioka Hospital (Nishioka Hospital)
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Date Time 2007-09-20 11:20:00 
Presentation Time 25 minutes 
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Paper # MI2007-40 
Volume (vol) vol.107 
Number (no) no.220 
Page pp.29-32 
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Date of Issue 2007-09-13 (MI) 


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