Interactive CT-video registration for the continuous guidance of bronchoscopy.

Scott A Merritt¹, Rahul Khare, Rebecca Bascom, William E Higgins

¹X-Nav Technologies LLC, Lansdale, PA 19446 USA.

Abstract

Bronchoscopy is a major step in lung cancer staging. To perform bronchoscopy, the physician uses a procedure plan, derived from a patient's 3D computed-tomography (CT) chest scan, to navigate the bronchoscope through the lung airways. Unfortunately, physicians vary greatly in their ability to perform bronchoscopy. As a result, image-guided bronchoscopy systems, drawing upon the concept of CT-based…

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Mentioned Companies

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X-Nav Technologies
affiliation

NIH Funding

Grant #7007678
CT-Bronchoscopy Workstation for Lung-Cancer Assessment
ENDOGRAPHICS IMAGING SYSTEMS, INC.
$732,282 (FY2006)

Other Funding

NCI NIH HHS(R01 CA074325)
United States
NCI NIH HHS(R01 CA151433)
United States
NCI NIH HHS(R01-CA074325)
United States
NCI NIH HHS(R44 CA091534)
United States
NCI NIH HHS(R01-CA151433)
United States
NCI NIH HHS(R44-CA091534)
United States

MeSH Terms

Adolescent0Adult0Aged0Aged, 80 and over0Algorithms0Bronchoscopy0Female0Humans0Image Processing, Computer-Assisted0Lung0Lung Neoplasms0Male0Middle Aged0Surgery, Computer-Assisted0Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted0Tomography, X-Ray Computed0

Article Info

PMID: 23508260
PMCID: PMC3911781
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2013.2252361

How to Cite

Merritt SA et al. Interactive CT-video registration for the continuous guidance of bronchoscopy. IEEE Trans Med Imaging2013;32(8):1376-96. doi:10.1109/TMI.2013.2252361

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