TY  - JOUR
AU  - Marta Diez-Ferrer
AU  - Debora Gil
AU  - Elena Carreño
AU  - Susana Padrones
AU  - Samantha Aso
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Positive Airway Pressure-Enhanced CT to Improve Virtual Bronchoscopic Navigation
T2  - JTO
JO  - Journal of Thoracic Oncology
SP  - S596-S597
VL  - 12
IS  - 1S
KW  - Thorax CT
KW  - diagnosis
KW  - Peripheral Pulmonary Nodule
N2  - A main weakness of virtual bronchoscopic navigation (VBN) is unsuccessful segmentation of distal branches approaching peripheral pulmonary nodules (PPN). CT scan acquisition protocol is pivotal for segmentation covering the utmost periphery. We hypothesize that application of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) during CT acquisition could improve visualization and segmentation of peripheral bronchi. The purpose of the present pilot study is to compare quality of segmentations under 4 CT acquisition modes: inspiration (INSP), expiration (EXP) and both with CPAP (INSP-CPAP and EXP-CPAP).
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2016.11.758
N1  - IAM; 600.096; 600.075; 600.145
ID  - Marta Diez-Ferrer2017
ER  -