Advanced visualization of airways with 64-MDCT: 3D mapping and virtual bronchoscopy.
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Abstract
The purpose of this pictorial essay is to review the current role of virtual bronchoscopy and 3D imaging of the airways in clinical practice. Virtual bronchoscopy produces high-resolution images of the tracheobronchial tree and endobronchial views that simulate the findings at conventional bronchoscopy. Interest in virtual bronchoscopy is increasing as a result of improvements in computer hardware and software and advances in MDCT that allow acquisition of isotropic data.
Medical subject headings
- Bronchi
- Bronchoscopy
- Imaging, Three-Dimensional
- Radiographic Image Enhancement
- Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- User-Computer Interface