Utility of three-dimensional computed tomography in general thoracic surgery

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 676-684

  Akiba, Tadashi ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multidetector computed tomography; Simulation surgery; Virtual bronchoscopy; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

BRONCHIAL ARTERY; BRONCHIAL TUBE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG SEQUESTRATION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THORACIC DUCT; THORACIC DUCT INJURY; THORAX SURGERY; THORAX WALL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

BRONCHOPULMONARY SEQUESTRATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRACHEA;

EID: 84891010333     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: 18636713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-013-0336-z     Document Type: Review

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