Quantification of Regional Interstitial Lung Disease from CT-derived Fractional Tissue Volume: A Lung Tissue Research Consortium Study

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Yilmaz C., WATHARKAR S. S., DE LEON A. D., GARCIA C. K., PATEL N. C., JORDAN K. G., ...Daha Fazla

ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY, cilt.18, sa.8, ss.1014-1023, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.acra.2011.03.004
  • Dergi Adı: ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1014-1023
  • Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Rationale and Objectives: Evaluation of chest computed tomography (CT) is usually qualitative or semiquantitative, resulting in subjective descriptions often by different observers over time and imprecise determinations of disease severity within distorted lobes. There is a need for standardized imaging biomarkers to quantify regional disease, maximize diagnostic yield, and facilitate multicenter comparisons. We applied lobe-based voxelwise image analysis to derive regional air (Vair) and tissue (Vtissue) volumes and fractional tissue volume (FTV = tissue/[tissue+air] volume) as internally standardized parameter for assessing interstitial lung disease (ILD).