AnalyzeDirect Lee EY, Boiselle PM. Tracheobronchomalacia in infants and children: multidetector CT evaluation. Radiology. July 2009;252(1):7-22.
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Publication Date
July 2009
How Analyze was Used
“For quantitative evaluation, a commercial software program (Analyze 6.0; Analyze Direct, Lenexa, Kan) is used at our institution for automated measurement of changes in the tracheal lumen cross-sectional area values during the cine sequence at either a PACS or a 3D workstation [Boiselle et al. 2006]. TBM is defined according to standard criteria as 50% or more reduction in the cross-sectional area lumen during cine multidetector CT combined with a coughing maneuver. However, because coughing is a very forceful and provocative maneuver, it is likely that a higher threshold such as 60% or 70% may need to be employed to reduce the rate of false-positive diagnoses.”
Keywords
Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Radiographic Image Enhancement/methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods
Tracheobronchomalacia/radiography
Author Affiliation(s)
Department of Radiology and Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Division, Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, US. (EYL)
Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, US. (PMB)
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Tags: Adolescent, Child, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Newborn Infant, Preschool Child, Radiographic Image Enhancement/methods, Tracheobronchomalacia/radiography, X-Ray Computed Tomography/methods