Background: Quantitative assessment of airway caliber is generally confined to indirect
methods. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy provides a direct view of the airways, but measurement of …

Quantitative assessment of airway caliber is generally confined to indirect physiologic
methods or to radiographic techniques. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy provides a direct view of …

The severity of airway narrowing impacts ventilatory function, quality of life, and choice of
therapy for patients with central airway obstruction. The quantification of airway caliber …

Bronchoscopic evaluation of stenosis is limited due to radial distortion of bronchoscopic
images and the unknown distance between the endoscope and the stenotic area. The …

Bronchoscopy is a commonly used clinical tool that provides a direct image of the bronchial
lumen. However, bronchoscopy has seen little use as a quantitative measurement tool …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the results of virtual bronchoscopy (VB)
images in defining tracheobronchial pathologies with those of fiber-optic bronchoscopy …

Bronchoscopy is an important diagnostic method for the tracheobronchial, thoracic, and
mediastinal lesions. It is limited by the physical progression of the bronchoscope. This …

Bronchoscopy is the technique of choice for the evaluation of a stenosis in the large airways.
However, no system has been successfully employed for the bronchoscopic measurement …

Objectives: Dynamic flexible bronchoscopy is the “gold standard” for assessing changes in
airway luminal size associated with tracheobronchomalacia, but the procedure has not been …

Purpose Lack of objective measurement of tracheal obstruction degree has a negative
impact on the chosen treatment prone to lead to unnecessary repeated explorations and …