title: Virtual bronchoscopy: Our early experience.
abstract: Virtual bronchoscopy is one of the many new radiological scanning techniques that have been recently introduced. Virtual endoscopy, according to Ahlquist (Ahlquist and Johnson CD, Gastroenterology, 112, 1997, 2150) is a technique for visualizing interior cavities using computer graphic techniques. Virtual bronchoscopy generates 3D reconstructions of the human airway from high-resolution CT data sets of the chest and performs a simulated bronchoscopy. This method uses perspective surface or volume rendering to produce endoscope-like visualizations of the airway. Our early experience with this new investigative modality in cases of laryngeal and subglottic stenosis and intratracheal tumors is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of E.N.T., L.T.M.M.C and L.T.M.G.H., Mumbai, Maharashtra  ; Department of Radiology, L.T.M.M.C and L.T.M.G.H., Mumbai.
authors.forename: Renuka A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Bradoo
authors.forename: Nupur
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kapoor Nerurkar
authors.forename: Anagha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rajeev Joshi
authors.forename: Jayesh
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shah
keywords: Virtual bronchoscopy; intratracheal tumors; laryngeal stenosis; simulated bronchoscopy