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A simple method for labeling CT images with respiratory states
Author(s) -
Berlinger Kajetan,
Sauer Otto,
Vences Lucia,
Roth Michael
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.2229420
Subject(s) - respiratory system , leverage (statistics) , medicine , respiratory monitoring , nuclear medicine , radiology , breathing , medical imaging , abdomen , computer science , artificial intelligence , anatomy
A method is described for labeling CT images with their respiratory state by a needle, connected to the patient's chest/abdomen. By means of a leverage the needle follows the abdominal respiratory motion. The needle is visible as a blurred spot in every CT slice. The method was tested with nine patients. A series of volume scans during free breathing was performed. The detected positions of the moving needle in every single slice were compared to each other thus enabling respiratory state assignment. The tool is an inexpensive alternative to complex respiratory measuring tools for four dimensional (4D) CT and was greatly accepted in the clinic due to its simplicity.