Imaging-bronchoscopic correlations for interventional pulmonology.
The improvements to patient care that can be achieved by combining advanced imaging techniques and bronchoscopy are considerable. In this regard, CT imaging often plays an indispensable role in both the selection of appropriate candidates tor therapy as well as the choice of optimal interventional techniques. However, it is apparent that alternate methods for evaluating the airways and lung including ultrasound and electromagnetic navigation will likely play an increasingly important diagnostic role, necessitating a thorough understanding of their advantages and limitations. Disease-specific applications for which imaging technologies, including CT and VB, are either currently routinely used or show the greatest promise are for suspected or diagnosed lung cancers, central and peripheral, and emphysema. It may be anticipated that with growing experience, the potential for additional indications of these remarkable technologies are likely to increase in the near future.
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Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, New York University-Langone Medical Center, Tisch Hospital, 560 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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