Fully Automated Pulmonary Lobar Segmentation: Influence of Different Prototype Software Programs onto Quantitative Evaluation of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease.

Surgical or bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) techniques can be beneficial for heterogeneous emphysema. Post-processing software tools for lobar emphysema quantification are useful for patient and target lobe selection, treatment planning and post-interventional follow-up. We aimed to evalu...

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Main Authors: Hyun-ju Lim, Oliver Weinheimer, Mark O Wielpütz, Julien Dinkel, Thomas Hielscher, Daniela Gompelmann, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Claus Peter Heussel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4814108?pdf=render