Innovative bronchoscopic diagnostic techniques: Endobronchial ultrasound and electromagnetic navigation

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 278-281

  Herth, Felix J F ^a   Ernst, Armin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic navigation; Endobronchial ultrasound; Interventional bronchoscopy; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INJURY; LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINUM; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 23044445755     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcp.0000166492.69788.e3     Document Type: Review

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