Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Radiol. 2011 Jul 12;18(10):1277–1284. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2011.04.019

Table 2.

CT volumes and emphysema index values in patients with emphysema.

CT Volume (L) Emphysema Index (%)

Patient# Scanner TLC(1) RV(1) RV/TLC(%) TLC(2) RV(2) TLC(3) RV(3)


P1 1 7.81 6.67 85.38 57 53 76 70
P2 1 5.69 4.58 80.51 53 49 70 63
P3 1 8.00 7.12 88.93 55 54 71 69
P4 2 5.46 4.74 86.87 38 32 61 52
P5 2 4.88 3.88 79.56 33 24 53 42
P6 1 7.39 6.39 86.42 44 40 54 43
P7 2 4.73 3.51 74.07 19 12 37 18
P8 1 7.56 5.73 75.76 47 42 60 46
P9 1 7.33 5.29 72.15 47 40 63 44
P10 2 5.73 4.50 78.46 39 30 55 43
P11 2 5.87 3.73 63.64 40 27 60 39
P12 2 4.75 3.72 78.39 37 30 58 47
P13 1 8.85 7.34 82.94 49 44 64 55
P14 1 5.26 5.14 97.66 42 41 45 50
P15 1 7.13 4.77 66.88 44 37 57 34
P16 1 7.89 6.47 82.01 46 42 59 48
P17 2 8.94 6.95 77.79 37 27 61 45
P18 2 5.44 3.56 65.48 34 19 59 31

Mean 6.60 5.23 79.05 42 36 59 47
SD 1.42 1.32 8.68 9 11 9 13
SE 0.33 0.30 1.99 2 3 2 3
(1)

Calculated with from images reconstructed with B50f (thickness=1 mm);

(2)

Calculated with threshold at −950 HU (images reconstructed with B50f and thickness=1 mm);

(3)

Calculated with threshold at −910 HU (images reconstructed with B30f and thickness=5 or 10 mm).

CT scanner: 1=Siemens; 2=GE