Navigated ultrasound bronchoscopy with integrated positron emission tomography-A human feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Patients suspected to have lung cancer, undergo endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy (EBUS) for the purpose of diagnosis and staging. For presumptive curable patients, the EBUS bronchoscopy is planned based on images and data from computed tomography (CT) images and positron emission tomography (PET). Our study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of a multimodal electromagnetic navigation platform for EBUS bronchoscopy, integrating ultrasound and segmented CT, and PET scan imaging data.

Methods

The proof-of-concept study included patients with suspected lung cancer and pathological mediastinal/hilar lymph nodes identified on both CT and PET scans. Images obtained from these two modalities were segmented to delineate target lymph nodes and then incorpo

SUBMITTER: Kildahl-Andersen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11364294 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature