Open AccessApplicability of color-coded computed tomography images in lung volume reduction surgery planning
Author(s) -
Urs J. Muehlematter,
Claudio Caviezel,
Katharina Martini,
Michael Messerli,
Kerstin Noëlle Vokinger,
Iris R. Wetzler,
Michaela Tutic-Horn,
Walter Weder,
Thomas Frauenfelder
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.02.36
Subject(s) - medicine , intraclass correlation , densitometry , radiology , lung , lung volume reduction surgery , nuclear medicine , lung volumes , grading (engineering) , perfusion , clinical psychology , civil engineering , engineering , psychometrics
Adequate patient selection is the key to successful lung volume reduction in patients with pulmonary emphysema. Computed tomography (CT) enables a reliable detection of pulmonary emphysema and allows an accurate quantification of the severity. Our goal was to investigate the usefulness and reliability of color-coded (CC) CT images in classification of emphysema and preoperative lung volume reduction planning.