Mass and pulmonary nodule size and growth rate of the imaging.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Mass and pulmonary nodule size and growth rate of the imaging Measurement of pulmonary nodule or mass rate of growth of the identification of the nature of important reference value. In this paper, in our hospital from 2005 to 2009 the year of the admissions of 60 patients with pulmonary nodule or mass of cases summarized in order to collect a more complete clinical information and has done a retrospective analysis. Confirm that the different types of nodular lesions of the volume changes and their nature has a certain relevance. 1.1 General information on 60 cases of males in this group accounted for 39 cases, females accounted for 21 cases, with an average age of 59. Observation period ranging from four months to 10 months. All the cases are pulmonary nodule or mass as the first imaging. 25 patients in the clinic or health routine chest examination found to have incidental pulmonary nodule or mass with no clear symptoms. The remaining patients or in the pathogenesis of cough, sputum, bloody sputum or hemoptysis, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, weight loss, fatigue and other manifestations. 1.2.1 X-ray and CT inspection methods NEUSOFTNSG-X10050/RX department from the use of Machine NEUSOFT CT-C2800 to do single-slice spiral CT lung scan, slice thickness 2-10 MM. 1.2.2 Measurement methods to measure two-dimensional measurement method and the CT volume measurement (3D measurement method). Two-dimensional measurement should be the same level of the two scans. Specification X-projection should be marked as the left or the right of bit position. Volumetric measurement techniques to determine the growth rate of tumors more accurately than the two-dimensional techniques. For smaller nodule volume measurement technique is to measure the growth rate of nodules promising approach. Subject to the use of expensive combination of the MS CT measurement software, which can not be achieved at the grass-roots units. Section I of the two-d