Lung deformation estimation and four-dimensional CT lung reconstruction

TitleLung deformation estimation and four-dimensional CT lung reconstruction
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2005
AuthorsXu, S., Taylor R. H., Fichtinger G., & Cleary K.
JournalMedical image computing and computer-assisted intervention (MICCAI)
Volume8
NumberPt 2
Pagination312–319
KeywordsAlgorithms, Animals, Artificial Intelligence, Biological, Computer Simulation, Computer-Assisted, Elasticity, Humans, Imaging, Lung, methods, Models, physiology/radiography, Radiographic Image Enhancement, Radiographic Image Interpretation, Reproducibility of Results, Respiratory Mechanics, Sensitivity, Specificity, Swine, Three-Dimensional, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Abstract

Four-dimensional (4D) computed tomography (CT) image acquisition is a useful technique in radiation treatment planning, interventional radiology in that it can account for respiratory motion of lungs Current 4D lung reconstruction techniques have limitations in either spatial or temporal resolution In addition, most of these techniques rely on auxiliary surrogates to relate the time of CT scan to the patient’s respiratory phase In this paper, we propose a novel 4D CT lung reconstruction, deformation estimation algorithm Our algorithm is purely image based The algorithm can reconstruct high quality 4D images even if the original images are acquired under irregular respiratory motion The algorithm is validated using synthetic 4D lung data Experimental results from a swine study data are also presented

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