Murgu Septimiu, Colt Henri G
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, Irvine, California 92868, USA.
Laryngoscope. 2009 Jul;119(7):1318-24. doi: 10.1002/lary.20478.
The severity of airway narrowing impacts ventilatory function, quality of life, and choice of therapy for patients with central airway obstruction. The quantification of airway caliber remains a subjective estimate that depends on patient positioning, technique, and operator experience. In this article, we describe how morphometric bronchoscopy, a software processing method whereby bronchoscopic digital images are analyzed in order to measure airway lumen diameter, can be used to objectively quantify the degree of airway narrowing in adult patients with central airway obstruction.
气道狭窄的严重程度会影响中央气道阻塞患者的通气功能、生活质量和治疗方案的选择。气道管径的量化仍然是一种主观评估，它取决于患者的体位、技术和操作者的经验。在本文中，我们描述了形态计量支气管镜检查法，这是一种软件处理方法，通过分析支气管镜数字图像来测量气道腔直径，可用于客观量化成年中央气道阻塞患者的气道狭窄程度。
