Microfocal angiography of the pulmonary vasculature

Anne V. Clough; Steven T. Haworth; David T. Roerig; John H. Linehan; Christopher A. Dawson

doi:10.1117/12.312586

3 July 1998 Microfocal angiography of the pulmonary vasculature

Anne V. Clough, Steven T. Haworth, David T. Roerig, John H. Linehan, Christopher A. Dawson

Proceedings Volume 3337, Medical Imaging 1998: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.312586
Event: Medical Imaging '98, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

X-ray microfocal angiography provides a means of assessing regional microvascular perfusion parameters using residue detection of vascular indicators. As an application of this methodology, we studied the effects of alveolar hypoxia, a pulmonary vasoconstrictor, on the pulmonary microcirculation to determine changes in regional blood mean transit time, volume and flow between control and hypoxic conditions. Video x-ray images of a dog lung were acquired as a bolus of radiopaque contrast medium passed through the lobar vasculature. X-ray time-absorbance curves were acquired from arterial and microvascular regions-of-interest during both control and hypoxic alveolar gas conditions. A mathematical model based on indicator-dilution theory applied to image residue curves was applied to the data to determine changes in microvascular perfusion parameters. Sensitivity of the model parameters to the model assumptions was analyzed. Generally, the model parameter describing regional microvascular volume, corresponding to area under the microvascular absorbance curve, was the most robust. The results of the model analysis applied to the experimental data suggest a significant decrease in microvascular volume with hypoxia. However, additional model assumptions concerning the flow kinematics within the capillary bed may be required for assessing changes in regional microvascular flow and mean transit time from image residue data.

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Anne V. Clough, Steven T. Haworth, David T. Roerig, John H. Linehan, and Christopher A. Dawson "Microfocal angiography of the pulmonary vasculature", Proc. SPIE 3337, Medical Imaging 1998: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, (3 July 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.312586

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