In recent years, enormous research has been carried out on the segmentation of blood
vessels. Segmentation of blood vessels in retinal images is crucial for diagnosing, treating …

Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, fibrosing and progressive
interstitial lung disease of unknown aetiology with a pathogenesis still partly unknown …

Background Pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with chronic lung disease (CLD)
predicts reduced functional status, clinical worsening and increased mortality, with patients …

Objectives To investigate the intra-and inter-scanner repeatability and reproducibility of CT
radiomics features (RF) of fibrosing interstitial lung disease (fILD). Methods For this …

Background Markers of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) severity are based on
measurements of forced vital capacity (FVC), diffusing capacity (DLCO) and CT. The …

Objectives It has recently become possible to assess lung vascular and parenchymal
changes quantitatively in thoracic CT images using automated software tools. We …

Background Pulmonary vascular disease is associated with poor outcomes in individuals
affected by interstitial lung disease. The pulmonary vessels can be quantified with …

Background The quantitative analysis of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is
increasingly being used to quantify the severity and evaluate the prognosis of disease. Our …

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) encompasses a variety of lung disorders with varying degrees
of inflammation or fibrosis, requiring a combination of clinical, imaging, and pathologic data …

Objective Quantitative chest computed tomography (qCT) methods are new tools that
objectively measure parenchymal abnormalities and vascular features on CT images in …