Hybrid 3D visualization of the chest and virtual endoscopy of the tracheobronchial system: possibilities and limitations of clinical application

Lung Cancer

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 237-246

  Seemann, Marcus D ^a,b   Claussen, Claus D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchi, CT; Chest, CT; Computed tomography (CT), hybrid rendering; Computed tomography (CT), three dimensional visualization; Computed tomography (CT), virtual bronchoscopy; Computed tomography (CT), virtual endoscopy; Fiberoptic bronchoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; COLOR; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0035023656     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5002(00)00228-2     Document Type: Review

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