Quantification of pulmonary edema using automated lung segmentation on computed tomography in mechanically ventilated patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quantification of pulmonary edema in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) by chest computed tomography (CT) scan has not been validated in routine diagnostics due to its complexity and time-consuming nature. Therefore, the single-indicator transpulmonary thermodilution (TPTD) technique to measure extravascular lung water (EVLW) has been used in the clinical setting. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have now enabled CT images of inhomogeneous lungs to be segmented automatically by an intensive care physician with no prior radiology training within a relatively short time. Nevertheless, there is a paucity of data validating the quantification of pulmonary edema using automated lung segmentation on CT compared with TPTD.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Conrad AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11531458 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature