Factors related to diagnostic sensitivity using an ultrathin bronchoscope under CT guidance

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 549-553

  Shinagawa, Naofumi ^a   Yamazaki, Koichi ^a   Onodera, Yuya ^a   Asahina, Hajime ^a   Kikuchi, Eiki ^a   Asano, Fumihiro ^b   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a   Nishimura, Masaharu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU PREFECTURAL GIFU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT artery sign; CT guided transbronchial biopsy; Small peripheral pulmonary lesion; Ultrathin bronchoscope; Virtual bronchoscopic navigation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHUS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUOROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33847144619     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-0786     Document Type: Article

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