{
  "id": 178600,
  "title": "Strange 'bubbles/organs' in CT scans.",
  "url": "/competitions/osic-pulmonary-fibrosis-progression/discussion/178600",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2020-08-30T16:01:01.273375600Z",
  "votes": 2,
  "comment_count": 3,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hi, I've noticed in one (and possibly more) of the CT scans, there are some strange blobs that appear. Are these other organs (it looks like the heart?), or some kind of artifact?<br>\nBlobs:<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/FPqrgik.png\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<p>No blobs:<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/VOYbQe2.png\" alt=\"\"></p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "991718",
      "postDate": "08/30/2020 16:01:01",
      "content": "<p>Hi, I've noticed in one (and possibly more) of the CT scans, there are some strange blobs that appear. Are these other organs (it looks like the heart?), or some kind of artifact?<br>\nBlobs:<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/FPqrgik.png\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<p>No blobs:<br>\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/VOYbQe2.png\" alt=\"\"></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi, I've noticed in one (and possibly more) of the CT scans, there are some strange blobs that appear. Are these other organs (it looks like the heart?), or some kind of artifact?\nBlobs:\n![](https://i.imgur.com/FPqrgik.png)\n\nNo blobs:\n![](https://i.imgur.com/VOYbQe2.png)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "991756",
      "postDate": "08/30/2020 16:35:21",
      "content": "<p>These are other structures/organs. The slices you included are at the top of the abdomen (liver, spleen, air in stomach and colon). If you search for \"CT scan anatomy\" in a search engine you will find many labeled images.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "These are other structures/organs. The slices you included are at the top of the abdomen (liver, spleen, air in stomach and colon). If you search for \"CT scan anatomy\" in a search engine you will find many labeled images.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "991774",
      "postDate": "08/30/2020 16:54:37",
      "content": "<p>Thanks I thought they might be. Its important to know when creating masks of the lung.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks I thought they might be. Its important to know when creating masks of the lung.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "991972",
      "postDate": "08/30/2020 19:06:20",
      "content": "<p>That cut is already below the diaphragm, it looks like gas in the intestine.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "That cut is already below the diaphragm, it looks like gas in the intestine.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 991756,
      "author_name": "richardepstein",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/30/2020 16:35:21",
      "content": "<p>These are other structures/organs. The slices you included are at the top of the abdomen (liver, spleen, air in stomach and colon). If you search for \"CT scan anatomy\" in a search engine you will find many labeled images.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 991774,
          "author_name": "humphreymunn",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/30/2020 16:54:37",
          "content": "<p>Thanks I thought they might be. Its important to know when creating masks of the lung.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 991972,
      "author_name": "frank1571",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/30/2020 19:06:20",
      "content": "<p>That cut is already below the diaphragm, it looks like gas in the intestine.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "991718": "Hi, I've noticed in one (and possibly more) of the CT scans, there are some strange blobs that appear. Are these other organs (it looks like the heart?), or some kind of artifact?\nBlobs:\n![](https://i.imgur.com/FPqrgik.png)\n\nNo blobs:\n![](https://i.imgur.com/VOYbQe2.png)",
    "991756": "These are other structures/organs. The slices you included are at the top of the abdomen (liver, spleen, air in stomach and colon). If you search for \"CT scan anatomy\" in a search engine you will find many labeled images.",
    "991774": "Thanks I thought they might be. Its important to know when creating masks of the lung.",
    "991972": "That cut is already below the diaphragm, it looks like gas in the intestine."
  },
  "source": "meta"
}