title: Modern imaging of the tracheo-bronchial tree.
abstract: Recent state-of-the-art computed tomography and improved three-dimensional (3-D) postprocessing techniques have revolutionized the capability of visualizing airway pathology, offering physicians an advanced view of pathology and allowing for appropriate management planning. This article is a comprehensive review of trachea and main bronchi imaging, with emphasis on the dynamic airway anatomy, and a discussion of a wide variety of diseases including, but not limited to, congenital large airway abnormalities, tracheobronchial stenoses, benign and malignant neoplasms and tracheobronchomalacia. The importance of multiplanar reconstruction, 3-D reconstruction and incorporation of dynamic imaging for non-invasive evaluation of the large airways is stressed.
authors.affiliation: Archana T Laroia, Brad H Thompson, Sandeep T Laroia, Edwin JR van Beek, Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52241, United States.
authors.forename: Archana T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Laroia
authors.forename: Brad H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Sandeep T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Laroia
authors.forename: Edwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van Beek