Table A3.
CT Specifications.
| Study | Gating | CT Scanner | Slice Thickness (mm) | Scan Time (sec) | Volumetric Software |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakker JT et al. | Gated group: Spirometric gating without shutter occlusion. Non-gated group: Breath-hold. |
Second-generation dual source CT scanner (CT Somatom Definition Flash; Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) | 1 | 1.5 | LungQ; Thirona, Nijemegen, The Netherlands |
| Barjaktarevic I et al. | – | Multislice CT scanning (GE Healthcare or Siemens healthcare scanners) | 1, 1.25 | – | Pulmonary Workstation 2.0 software (VIDA Diagnostics Inc) |
| Becker MD et al. | Breath-hold | Conventional scanner (GE 9800 HiLite; GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, W1) | 10 | – | Custom software written in Visual C++ (Microsoft, Redmond, WA) |
| Brown MS et al. 1999 | Breath-hold | Either helical or electron beam CT. Helical: GE HiSpeed Advantage or CT/I scanners (GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.). Electron beam: Siemens Evolution scanner (Siemens Medical Systems, Iselin, NJ, U.S.A.) | 6, 8, 10 | – | Custom software |
| Brown MS et al. 2010 | Breath-hold | Multicenter study with different scanners (GE, Siemens, Philips, Toshiba) | 5–10 | – | Custom made knowledge-based segmentation software |
| Chen F et al. | Breath-hold | multidetector Aquilion 64 CT scanner (Toshiba Medical Systems, Tochigi, Japan) | 0.5 | – | AZE Virtual Place Lexus workstation (AZE Ca, Ltd, Tokyo, Japan) |
| Coxson HO et al. | – | High-resolution CT, Multislice CT or thick slice protocol | 1, 1.25, 5 | – | Custom software (EmphylxJ, Vancouver, BC, Canada) |
| Daghighi A et al. | Breath-hold | SOMATOM Definition Flash, Siemens Medical Solutions, Forchheim, Germany | 4 | – | MIALite |
| Garfield JL et al. | Breath-hold | 16 or 64 MDCT scanner (Somatom Sensation; Siemens Medical Systems, Erlangen, Germany) | 0.75, 5 | – | Custom software (Pulmonary Workstation Plus, VIDA Diagnostics, Inc, Coralville, IA) |
| Gawlitza J et al. | Breath-hold | 3rd generation dual-source CT (Somatom FORCE, Siemens Healthineers, Forchheim, Germany) | 1.5 | – | Dedicated semiautomatic software (SyngoViaB10, Pulmo3D, Siemens Healthineers, Forchheim, Germany) |
| Jung WS et al. | Breath-hold | 128-slice (Somatom Definition AS+) or 64-slice (Somatom Sensation 64) or 16-slice (Somatom Sensation 16; Siemens Medical Solutions, Erlangen, Germany) multidetector CT | 3, 5 | – | Aquarius iNtuition version 4.4.6; TeraRecon, Foster City, CA |
| Kauczor HU et al. | Breath-hold | Unenhanced helical CT using Somatom Plus-S scanner (Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) | 8 | – | Pulmo-CT Siemens or Allegro workstation (ISG Technologies, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) |
| Lacerda LS et al. | Breath-hold | 64-channel Multislice Philips system (Brilliance 40, Philips Medical Systems, Cleveland, Ohio) | 2 | – | OsiriX program (OsiriX 64-bits, Pixmeo Sarl, Geneva, Switzerland) |
| Matsumoto AJ et al. | Breath-hold | Multicenter, retrospective with different spiral-CT scanners (Siemens, GE, Imatron, Toshiba) | 1–5 | – | CALIPER |
| O’Donnell CR et al. | Hospital 1: Spirometric gating Hospital 2: Breath-hold Hospital 3: Breath-hold |
Three centers with spiral-CT scanners | – | – | Custom software |
| Schlesinger AE et al. | Breath-hold | Helical CT in 17 patients and conventional in remaining four (Somatom Plus S, Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) | – | – | Manual tracing |
| Shen M et al. | Breath-hold | 64-slice multiple-detector CT scanner (Somatom Sensation 64; Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) | 1 | – | The LungSeg Toolbox (The Hamlyn Centre, Imperial College London, UK) or Syngo CT Pulmo 3D (Siemens Healthineers GmbH, Erlangen, Germany) |
| Song L et al. | Breath-hold | Noncontrast multislice CT (MSCT) scanning (Light Speed Ultra 8 or Revolution EVO, both General Electric Healthcare, Chicago, IL, USA) | 0.625, 1.25 | – | MeVis PULMO3D software (v 3.7.1, Fraunhofer MEVIS, Bremen, Germany) |
| Tantucci C et al. | Spirometric gating with shutter occlusion | Multidetector CT scanner (Somatom Definition Flash, Siemens Medical Solutions, Forchheim, Germany) | 1 | 5.7 | Aquarius iNtuition version 4.4.6; TeraRecon, Foster City, CA |
| Wielpütz MO et al. | Breath-hold | 4-slice Volume Zoom helical computer tomograph (Siemens Medical Solutions AG, Forchheim, Germany) | 1.25 | – | YACTA (in-house software) or LowATT (Aquarius) or Pulmo 3D (Syngo.Via) |
| Wu F et al. | Breath-hold | 64-detector scanner (IQon Spectral CT, Philips Healthcare, Best, The Netherlands) | 1 | – | Philips IntelliSpace Portal post-processing workstation (version 12.0) using Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) analysis software |
| Zaporozhan J et al. | Breath-hold | 16-detector CT (Aquilion-16; Toshiba Medical Systems, Tochigi, Japan) | 1 | – | Self-written software (YACTA; Mainz, Germany) |