Automated evaluation of diaphragm configuration based on chest CT in COPD patients.
Jens T BakkerJorine E HartmanKarin KloosterDavid A LynchMarieke C van der MolenJean-Paul CharbonnierMichail TsiaousisRozemarijn VliegenthartDirk-Jan SlebosPublished in: European radiology experimental (2024)
Severe COPD changes diaphragm configuration to a flattened state, impeding function. An automated tool quantified diaphragm configuration on chest-CT providing a diaphragm index. The diaphragm index was correlated to COPD severity and may aid treatment assessment.
Keyphrases
- mechanical ventilation
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- lung function
- end stage renal disease
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- computed tomography
- intensive care unit
- newly diagnosed
- contrast enhanced
- dual energy
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- machine learning
- peritoneal dialysis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- positron emission tomography
- high throughput
- early onset
- magnetic resonance
- combination therapy
- single cell
- replacement therapy