VAWLBL

VisionX V4
NAME

vawlbl − : airway anatomical labeling

SYNOPSIS

vawlbl if= im= of= mf= gf= hf= df= tf= [rsk=] [lsk=] [-d] [-v]

DESCRIPTION

vawlbl assigns anatomical names (labels) to the segmented airway bronchi. It also performs airway dimension measurement (lumen diameter and wall thickness) for each labeled bronchus.

It takes a CT scan and the organ map (with segmented airway and lungs) as inputs. First, it calls vbronch to generate the tree representation based on the segmented airway centerline. Then, it calls vairmea to obtain the dimension measurements of each bronchus. Finally, it calls vbrlbl to assign anatomical labels to each airway bronchus. The output of= is the updated organ map with airway anatomically labeled. hf and hf are the output csv files of the measurements in mm. mf, df and tf are the output csv files of summary information. rsk and lsk are the optional output for labeled bronchus centerline, which may be used for fast visualizations.

OPTIONS

if=

input CT scan.

im=

input organ map with airway and lung segmented.

of=

output the updated map with airway anatomically labeled.

mf=

output csv including information for generation 0 to generation 9: generation #, count, average diameter, average wall thickness The average measurements are weighted by bronchus length.

gf=

output csv including 30 numbers to gather: count, average diameter and average thickness for each generation. The average measurements are weighted by bronchus length.

hf=

output csv including 36 numbers to gather: diameter and thickness for 18 3rd generation bronchi.

df=

output csv of summary information per bronchus: Anatomy Label,Anatomy Name, Diameter (mm),Wall Thickness (mm),Length (mm)

tf=

output master csv of all information per bronchus: Anatomy Label,Anatomy Name, Diameter, Wall Thickness, Length, StartX, StartY, StartZ, EndX, EndY, EndZ, DirX, DirY, DirZ, LocalDirX, LocalDirY, LocalDirZ, Topological Label

rsk=

optional output VX_V3D vector of all labeled right bronchus skeletons.

lsk=

optional output VX_V3D vector of all labeled left bronchus skeletons.

-v

verbose mode.

-d

debug mode.

SEE ALSO

vbronch(1), vairmea(1), vbrlbl(1)

AUTHOR

Shuang Liu, April 2018