title: A PEDIATRIC AIRWAY ATLAS AND ITS APPLICATION IN SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS.
abstract: Young children with upper airway problems are at risk for hypoxia, respiratory insufficiency and long term morbidity. Computational models and quantitative analysis would reveal airway growth patterns and benefit clinical care. To capture expected growth patterns we propose a method to build a pediatric airway atlas as a function of age. The atlas is based on a simplified airway model in combination with kernel regression. We show experimental results on children with subglottic stenosis to demonstrate that our method is able to track and measure the stenosis in pediatric airways.
authors.affiliation: UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, US.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, US; Biomedical Research Imaging Center, Chapel Hill, NC, US.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niethammer
authors.affiliation: Kitware, Inc., Carrboro, NC, US.
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Andruejol
authors.affiliation: UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, US.
authors.forename: Julia S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kimbell
authors.affiliation: UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, US.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pitkin
authors.affiliation: UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, US.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Superfine
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, US.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, US.
authors.forename: Carlton J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Zdanski
authors.affiliation: Kitware, Inc., Carrboro, NC, US.
authors.forename: Brad
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davis
keywords: Pediatric airway atlas; simplified airway model; subglottic stenosis; weighted percentiles