Multidetector CT-generated virtual bronchoscopy: An illustrated review of the potential clinical indications

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 776-782

  De Wever, Walter ^a   Vandecaveye, V ^a   Lanciotti, S ^a   Verschakelen, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Airway; Multi row computed tomography; Virtual bronchoscopy

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS DISEASE; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG MALFORMATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BIOPSY; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 2442480878     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00099804     Document Type: Review

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