Quantification of tortuosity and fractal dimension of the lung vessels in pulmonary hypertension patients.

Quantification of tortuosity and fractal dimension of the lung vessels in pulmonary hypertension patients.

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) can result in vascular pruning and increased tortuosity of the blood vessels. In this study we examined whether automatic extraction of lung vessels from contrast-enhanced thoracic computed tomography (CT) scans and calculation of tortuosity as well as 3D fractal dimensio...

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Main Authors: Michael Helmberger, Michael Pienn, Martin Urschler, Peter Kullnig, Rudolf Stollberger, Gabor Kovacs, Andrea Olschewski, Horst Olschewski, Zoltán Bálint
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3909124?pdf=render

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