Assessment of pleural invasion and adhesion of lung tumors with dynamic chest radiography: A virtual clinical imaging study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Accurate preoperative assessment of tumor invasion/adhesion is crucial for planning appropriate operative procedures. Recent advances in digital radiography allow a motion analysis of lung tumors with dynamic chest radiography (DCR) with total exposure dose comparable to that of conventional chest radiography. The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of preoperative evaluation of pleural invasion/adhesion of lung tumors with DCR through a virtual clinical imaging study, using a four-dimensional (4D) extended cardiac-torso (XCAT) computational phantom.

Methods

An XCAT phantom of an adult man (50th percentile in height and weight) with simulated respiratory and cardiac motions was generated to use as a virtual patient. To simulate lung tumors with and w

SUBMITTER: Tanaka R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8587535 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature