Limitations of airway dimension measurement on images obtained using multi-detector row computed tomography.
OBJECTIVES: (a) To assess the effects of computed tomography (CT) scanners, scanning conditions, airway size, and phantom composition on airway dimension measurement and (b) to investigate the limitations of accurate quantitative assessment of small airways using CT images. METHODS: An airway phanto...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
|
Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3792973?pdf=render |
id |
doaj-d996343c927f458885aec0a127054191 |
---|---|
record_format |
Article |
spelling |
doaj-d996343c927f458885aec0a1270541912020-11-24T21:44:21ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-01810e7638110.1371/journal.pone.0076381Limitations of airway dimension measurement on images obtained using multi-detector row computed tomography.Tsuyoshi OgumaToyohiro HiraiAkio NiimiHisako MatsumotoShigeo MuroMichio ShigematsuTakashi NishimuraYoshiro KuboMichiaki MishimaOBJECTIVES: (a) To assess the effects of computed tomography (CT) scanners, scanning conditions, airway size, and phantom composition on airway dimension measurement and (b) to investigate the limitations of accurate quantitative assessment of small airways using CT images. METHODS: An airway phantom, which was constructed using various types of material and with various tube sizes, was scanned using four CT scanner types under different conditions to calculate airway dimensions, luminal area (Ai), and the wall area percentage (WA%). To investigate the limitations of accurate airway dimension measurement, we then developed a second airway phantom with a thinner tube wall, and compared the clinical CT images of healthy subjects with the phantom images scanned using the same CT scanner. The study using clinical CT images was approved by the local ethics committee, and written informed consent was obtained from all subjects. Data were statistically analyzed using one-way ANOVA. RESULTS: Errors noted in airway dimension measurement were greater in the tube of small inner radius made of material with a high CT density and on images reconstructed by body algorithm (p<0.001), and there was some variation in error among CT scanners under different fields of view. Airway wall thickness had the maximum effect on the accuracy of measurements with all CT scanners under all scanning conditions, and the magnitude of errors for WA% and Ai varied depending on wall thickness when airways of <1.0-mm wall thickness were measured. CONCLUSIONS: The parameters of airway dimensions measured were affected by airway size, reconstruction algorithm, composition of the airway phantom, and CT scanner types. In dimension measurement of small airways with wall thickness of <1.0 mm, the accuracy of measurement according to quantitative CT parameters can decrease as the walls become thinner.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3792973?pdf=render |
collection |
DOAJ |
language |
English |
format |
Article |
sources |
DOAJ |
author |
Tsuyoshi Oguma Toyohiro Hirai Akio Niimi Hisako Matsumoto Shigeo Muro Michio Shigematsu Takashi Nishimura Yoshiro Kubo Michiaki Mishima |
spellingShingle |
Tsuyoshi Oguma Toyohiro Hirai Akio Niimi Hisako Matsumoto Shigeo Muro Michio Shigematsu Takashi Nishimura Yoshiro Kubo Michiaki Mishima Limitations of airway dimension measurement on images obtained using multi-detector row computed tomography. PLoS ONE |
author_facet |
Tsuyoshi Oguma Toyohiro Hirai Akio Niimi Hisako Matsumoto Shigeo Muro Michio Shigematsu Takashi Nishimura Yoshiro Kubo Michiaki Mishima |
author_sort |
Tsuyoshi Oguma |
title |
Limitations of airway dimension measurement on images obtained using multi-detector row computed tomography. |
title_short |
Limitations of airway dimension measurement on images obtained using multi-detector row computed tomography. |
title_full |
Limitations of airway dimension measurement on images obtained using multi-detector row computed tomography. |
title_fullStr |
Limitations of airway dimension measurement on images obtained using multi-detector row computed tomography. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Limitations of airway dimension measurement on images obtained using multi-detector row computed tomography. |
title_sort |
limitations of airway dimension measurement on images obtained using multi-detector row computed tomography. |
publisher |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
series |
PLoS ONE |
issn |
1932-6203 |
publishDate |
2013-01-01 |
description |
OBJECTIVES: (a) To assess the effects of computed tomography (CT) scanners, scanning conditions, airway size, and phantom composition on airway dimension measurement and (b) to investigate the limitations of accurate quantitative assessment of small airways using CT images. METHODS: An airway phantom, which was constructed using various types of material and with various tube sizes, was scanned using four CT scanner types under different conditions to calculate airway dimensions, luminal area (Ai), and the wall area percentage (WA%). To investigate the limitations of accurate airway dimension measurement, we then developed a second airway phantom with a thinner tube wall, and compared the clinical CT images of healthy subjects with the phantom images scanned using the same CT scanner. The study using clinical CT images was approved by the local ethics committee, and written informed consent was obtained from all subjects. Data were statistically analyzed using one-way ANOVA. RESULTS: Errors noted in airway dimension measurement were greater in the tube of small inner radius made of material with a high CT density and on images reconstructed by body algorithm (p<0.001), and there was some variation in error among CT scanners under different fields of view. Airway wall thickness had the maximum effect on the accuracy of measurements with all CT scanners under all scanning conditions, and the magnitude of errors for WA% and Ai varied depending on wall thickness when airways of <1.0-mm wall thickness were measured. CONCLUSIONS: The parameters of airway dimensions measured were affected by airway size, reconstruction algorithm, composition of the airway phantom, and CT scanner types. In dimension measurement of small airways with wall thickness of <1.0 mm, the accuracy of measurement according to quantitative CT parameters can decrease as the walls become thinner. |
url |
http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3792973?pdf=render |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT tsuyoshioguma limitationsofairwaydimensionmeasurementonimagesobtainedusingmultidetectorrowcomputedtomography AT toyohirohirai limitationsofairwaydimensionmeasurementonimagesobtainedusingmultidetectorrowcomputedtomography AT akioniimi limitationsofairwaydimensionmeasurementonimagesobtainedusingmultidetectorrowcomputedtomography AT hisakomatsumoto limitationsofairwaydimensionmeasurementonimagesobtainedusingmultidetectorrowcomputedtomography AT shigeomuro limitationsofairwaydimensionmeasurementonimagesobtainedusingmultidetectorrowcomputedtomography AT michioshigematsu limitationsofairwaydimensionmeasurementonimagesobtainedusingmultidetectorrowcomputedtomography AT takashinishimura limitationsofairwaydimensionmeasurementonimagesobtainedusingmultidetectorrowcomputedtomography AT yoshirokubo limitationsofairwaydimensionmeasurementonimagesobtainedusingmultidetectorrowcomputedtomography AT michiakimishima limitationsofairwaydimensionmeasurementonimagesobtainedusingmultidetectorrowcomputedtomography |
_version_ |
1725910963452903424 |