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Jan Müller¹, Hyun-Ju Lim¹, Monika Eichinger¹

¹Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Im Neuenheimer Feld 430, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik at University of Heidelberg, Amalienstr. 5, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany.

European Journal of Radiology

|October 9, 2017

Abstract

Objectives:

Fissure integrity (FI) plays a key role in selecting patients for interventional emphysema therapy. We investigated its interference with automated lobar segmentation in quantitative computed tomography (CT) and emphysema distribution.

Methods:

CT was available for 50 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Lobe segmentation was performed fully automated by software and corrected manually. FI was evaluated visually using a %-scale. The influence of FI on emphysema ratio (ER=percentage of lung volume with density values<-950 HU), mean lung density (MLD), emphysema and total volume of adjacent lobes was analyzed. Lobe-based results were compared with respect to FI.

Results:

Differences in ER in adjacent lobes for complete vs. incomplete fissures were 12.4% for the right horizontal, 0.2% and 3% for the right oblique and 4.4% for the left oblique fissure (all p>0.05). Results for emphysema comparing automated vs. manually corrected segmentation exceeded clinically acceptable values, but were not significantly affected by FI (p>0.05). The widest limits of agreement for ER and MLD were noted in the right middle lobe ([-14, 17.4%], [-22.4, 32.4 Hounsfield Units]).

Conclusions:

Automated lobe segmentation and emphysema distribution are not significantly affected by FI. Manual correction of automated lobar segmentation is still recommended in severe emphysema.

Keywords:

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Collateral ventilation Emphysema Fissure integrity Quantitative computed tomography

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