Paper Abstract and Keywords |
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 |
Abstract |
(in Japanese) |
(See Japanese page) |
(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. |
Keyword |
(in Japanese) |
(See Japanese page) |
(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 |
Copyright and reproduction |
All rights are reserved and no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Notwithstanding, instructors are permitted to photocopy isolated articles for noncommercial classroom use without fee. (License No.: 10GA0019/12GB0052/13GB0056/17GB0034/18GB0034) |
Download PDF |
MI2007-40 |
|