Navigated bronchoscopy : A technical review

Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 242-264

  Reynisson, Pall J ^a   Leira, Håkon O ^b   Hernes, Toril N ^a,c   Hofstad, Erlend F ^c   Scali, Marta ^a,d   Sorger, Hanne ^b   Amundsen, Tore ^b   Lindseth, Frank ^a,c   Langø, Thomas ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c SINTEF   (Norway)

^d Dipartimento di Ingegneria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnostic success rate; Electromagnetic tracking; Image registration; Image guided procedures; Navigated bronchoscopy

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84905972155     PISSN: 19446586     EISSN: 19488270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000064     Document Type: Review

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