Virtual Bronchoscopy: Clinical Applications and Limitations

Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 323-328

  Bauer, Thomas L ^a,b,c   Steiner, Karl V ^c  

^a HELEN F GRAHAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FOREIGN BODY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFECTION RISK; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TECHNIQUE; TRACHEA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VIRTUAL BRONCHOSCOPY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34249998950     PISSN: 10553207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2007.03.005     Document Type: Review

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