INM x Imbio Quantitative Image Analysis.

Imbio Collaboration.

At the Institute of Nuclear Medicine we have recently introduced of of the few models in UK of artificial Intelligence and quantitative CT to precisely quantify (in clinical and research) patients suffering by fibrotic lung disorders.

Lung Texture Analysis.

Lung Texture Analysis (LTA) application is designed to help radiologists and pulmonologists identify, visualize and quantify parenchymal abnormalities and categorize them into common radiological reporting categories (normal, ground glass, reticular, honeycomb and hyperlucent). The LTA software is a set of imaging post-processing algorithms that perform segmentation, volume analysis (VOI) and classification on CT images of human lungs.   LTA works on CT series with no user input or intervention, and results are directly routed to PACS for review.

With this system we hope to pave the era for a simplified assessment of fibrotic conditions in the clinical pathway.

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

The top row images represent an example of the INM pathway for patients with idiopatic pulmonary fibrosis. We scan all patients with a combined protocol HRCT/PET-CT. this approach is twofold, allowing to obtain anatomical (HRCT) and functional (FDG PET) images. 

The images at the botton represent an example of multiparametric imaging in lung cancer. From right to left: FDG PET/CT, PET/MRI and perfusion map following dynamic injection of contrast media in CT.