Readily repeatable measurements in airway sizes spanning the tracheobronchial tree |
Automated measurement of dimensions (e.g. lumen area and wall thickness) |
Correction of angle of orientation, ensuring airways are measured in cross section |
Favourable inter-observer and intra-observer repeatability |
Safe for long-term and repeated use (minimal levels of ionising radiation) |
Measurements easily repeated before and after interventions |
Dynamic acquisition so that functional, as well as structural, airway information is available |
Ability to segment the airway into a three-dimensional view |
Provide detail of the subsurface architecture |