Abstract:Image-guided bronchoscopy systems and new robotics-assisted bronchoscopy systems are transforming the practice of bronchoscopy. To use such a system, the physician must first create an airway route plan to preselected regions of interests (ROIs) using a patient's chest CT scan, prior to the live procedure. Many unexpected situations arise during the live procedure, however, where the physician must examine a new previously unplanned ROI site -this requires an airway guidance route leading to the new site deriv… Show more
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