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- The study examines whether fractal texture analysis can improve the diagnosis of perfusion lung scans, especially in detecting acute pulmonary embolism (PE).
- It analyzed 45 lung scans from patients suspected of having PE and identified different regions of interest (ROIs), classifying them as either normal or abnormal.
- Findings show that normal ROIs had a higher average fractal dimension compared to abnormal ones, with even lower fractal dimensions in regions affected by PE in contrast to those with obstructive pulmonary disease (OPD).
Article Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate if fractal texture analysis can assist in the diagnostic interpretation of perfusion lung scans. Forty-five perfusion scans were acquired from patients with clinical suspicion of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) who underwent pulmonary angiography for final diagnosis. Fractal texture analysis was performed on 270 regions of interest (ROIs) extracted from the posterior view of the lung scans. Specifically, there were 94 normally perfused ROIs and 176 abnormal ROIs representing various lung diseases including PE and obstructive pulmonary disease (OPD). The average fractal dimension (FD) of normal ROIs was statistically significantly higher than that of abnormal ROIs. Furthermore, the FDs of abnormal ROIs with PE were significantly lower than the FDs of ROIs with OPD present.
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