Introduction: Virtual bronchoscopy (VB) is a new, noninvasive diagnostic technique which
allows visualizing trachea and bronchi. Virtual images are created on the basis of data …

OBJECTIVE: Virtual bronchoscopy is a new noninvasive technique that provides an internal
view of the tracheobronchial tree. The purpose of our study was to assess the role of this …

Background: Accurate measurements of airway and lesion dimensions are important to the
developmental progress of paediatric bronchoscopy. The malacia disorders are an …

Objective To design and test a bench model of an intraluminal optical device capable of
accurately measuring airway diameter. Design A fresh porcine trachea divided longitudinally …

Materials and methods In a retrospective study, we compared the results of 26 patients, who
had clinical suspected pathologies of the tracheobronchial airways and underwent both …

Multidetector CT generated virtual bronchoscopy (VB) represents one of the most recent
developments in three-dimensional (3D) visualization techniques which allows a 3D …

Noninvasive imaging methods can be valuable tools for diagnosing thoracic diseases,
especially malignancies. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of …

Rationale: All bronchoscopists will encounter, at some point, central airway obstruction
(CAO) and will face the problem of documenting its severity. Axial imaging is suggested as …

Airway dimensions are difficult to quantify bronchoscopically because of optical distortion
and a limited ability to gauge depth. Anatomical optical coherence tomography (a OCT), a …

The ability to measure airway dimensions is important for clinicians, interventional
bronchoscopists and researchers in order to accurately quantify structural abnormalities and …