Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

Research Article

A Semiautomatic Segmentation Algorithm for Extracting the Complete Structure of Acini from Synchrotron Micro-CT Images

Table 1

Diameter of the small airways and equivalent number of erosion for elimination.
Airway name Diameter ( m)*Erosion number for eliminating airway
Terminal bronchiole 16029 times
Transitional and respiratory bronchiole10018 times
Alveolar duct 9015 times
Alveolus 5811 times
Taken from previous morphometric data published by Oldham and Robinson [17] on in situ lung casts of BALB/c mice. The lung pressure is the same as in this study.