Review of automatic pulmonary lobe segmentation methods from CT

The human lung is divided into five functional regions, known as the pulmonary lobes. The identification of these lobes has important applications in disease assessment and treatment planning. Many lung diseases act at a lobar level. For example, emphysema [1], postprimary tuberculosis [2] and silicosis [3] usually affect the upper lobes, while idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is commonly associated with the lower lobes [4]. Measuring lung disease at a lobar level is therefore of great clinical importance for phenotyping disease and assessing its severity.

Source: Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics - October 28, 2014 Category: Radiology Authors: Tom Doel, David J. Gavaghan, Vicente Grau Source Type: research