Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death. According to the American
Cancer Society, there were an estimated 222,500 new cases of lung cancer and 155,870 …

Background: The diagnosis of peribronchial pulmonary lesions located in the tertiary
bronchi, also known as segmental bronchi, as well as, the 4th order and 5th order segmental …

A challenge for gene therapy is absence of safe and efficient local delivery of therapeutic
genetic material. An efficient and reproducible physical method of electrospray for localized …

Miniaturized electromagnetic sensors are increasingly introduced to navigate surgical
instruments to anatomical targets during minimally invasive procedures, such as endoscopic …

Objectives: The goal was to demonstrate the utility of open-source tracking and visualisation
tools in the targeting of lung cancer. Material and methods: The study demonstrates the first …

Virtual bronchoscopy (VB) is a non‐invasive exploration tool for intervention planning and
navigation of possible pulmonary lesions (PLs). A VB software involves the location of a PL …

Cigarette smoke (CS) is a risk factor contributing to lung remodeling in chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is a heterogeneous disease because many factors …

Aspirations of foreign bodies are life-threatening among children and elderly patients
requiring urgent medical assistance. The aim of the study is to present summarized results …

Objective: Endoluminal visualization in virtual and video bronchoscopy lacks information
about the surrounding structures, and the traditional 2 D axial, coronal and sagittal CT views …

Navigation in bronchoscopy has developed into a feasible approach for lung diagnostics
since introduced in 1998. The concept combines computer generated models from patient …