title: The Virtual Pediatric Airways Workbench.
abstract: The Virtual Pediatric Airways Workbench (VPAW) is a patient-centered surgical planning software system targeted to pediatric patients with airway obstruction. VPAW provides an intuitive surgical planning interface for clinicians and supports quantitative analysis regarding prospective surgeries to aid clinicians deciding on potential surgical intervention. VPAW enables a full surgical planning pipeline, including importing DICOM images, segmenting the airway, interactive 3D editing of airway geometries to express potential surgical treatment planning options, and creating input files for offline geometric analysis and computational fluid dynamics simulations for evaluation of surgical outcomes. In this paper, we describe the VPAW system and its use in one case study with a clinician to successfully describe an intended surgery outcome.
authors.affiliation: Kitware, Incorporated, Carrboro, NC.
authors.forename: Cory W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Quammen
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Russell M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Krajcevski
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Sorin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mitran
authors.affiliation: Kitware, Incorporated, Carrboro, NC.
authors.forename: Andinet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Enquobahrie
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Superfine
authors.affiliation: Kitware, Incorporated, Carrboro, NC.
authors.forename: Brad
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, Riley Children's Hospital, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery and Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Carlton
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zdanski
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D005260:Female; D000070856:High Fidelity Simulation Training / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface