Effective airway dimensions (EADs) were determined in vivo by aerosol-derived airway
morphometry as a function of volumetric lung depth (VLD) to identify and characterize …

Objectives/Hypothesis To understand: 1) how endoscopic airway measurements compare to
three‐dimensional (3D) CT derived measurements; 2) where each technique is potentially …

Background A quantitative understanding of airway sizes and proportions and a reference
point for comparisons are important to a pediatric bronchoscopist. The aims of this study …

T^ he editorial entitled," The Flexible Fiberscope in Bronchoscopic Perspective" by Tucker,
Olsen, Andrews and Pool, published in Chest 64: 149, 1973 provides a constricted and …

Objectives With the evolution of medical and surgical management for pediatric airway
disorders, the development of easily translated techniques of measuring airway dimensions …

Preoperative diagnostic procedures in the treatment of non-small-cell lung carcinoma
(NSCLC) include fiberbronchoscopy (FBS) and CT scanning of the thorax and abdomen …

Objective To assess the sensitivity of noninvasive virtual bronchoscopy based on multirow
detector CT scanning in detecting and grading central and segmental airway stenosis using …

Accurate assessment of central airway obstruction (CAO) of various morphologic and
mechanistic forms is an invaluable component of bronchoscopy practice. Reduction in …

OBJECTIVE:: To assess three-dimensional computed tomography 'bronchoscopic'(3-DCTB)
reconstruction of routine CT data as a non-invasive method of airway visualization, and …

Asthma, bronchiectasis, emphysema, and other pulmonary diseases are often correlated
with the clinical parameters of bronchial lumen, wall thickness, and the ratio of inner …