Analysis Of Lung Scans Using Fractals

E. B. Cargill; K. Donohoe; G. Kolodny; J. A. Parker; R. E. Zimmerman

doi:10.1117/12.953238

25 May 1989 Analysis Of Lung Scans Using Fractals

E. B. Cargill, K. Donohoe, G. Kolodny, J. A. Parker, R. E. Zimmerman

Proceedings Volume 1092, Medical Imaging III: Image Processing; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.953238
Event: Medical Imaging III, 1989, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

Measurement of the average power spectra of perfusion lung scans shows that the distribution of macroaggregated albumin in the walls of the lung lobules behaves as a fractal object. Measures related to the power spectral slope for all views in a study, mean slope and slope standard deviation, have a high correlation with the visual interpretation of the radiologist. Application of appropriate fractal models reveals that the surface dimension of normal lung parenchyma range between 2.7 and 3.0.

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E. B. Cargill, K. Donohoe, G. Kolodny, J. A. Parker, and R. E. Zimmerman "Analysis Of Lung Scans Using Fractals", Proc. SPIE 1092, Medical Imaging III: Image Processing, (25 May 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.953238

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