Analysis of the Conductive Part of Lung

Abstract

Up to now it was technically difficult to represent a complete bronchial tree of lung with all structural details in the form of a computer model. However, with the progress in 3-D image acquisition, processing, visualization and computer modeling a complete representation of mammalian lungs has come within reach. The use of casts is perhaps still the most effective way to study the macroscopic branching pattern of smaller species, and the 3-D representation and measurement based on stereoscopic representations is used here. For forms larger in space, such as the human lung, recent technological progress in high resolution computer tomographic imaging (HRCT) has made 3-D imaging of the bronchial tree possible.