Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases
Dec 2, 2024
BACKGROUND: The nasopharyngolaryngoscopy (NPL) has emerged as a valuable tool for detecting early cases of head and neck cancers. However, misdiagnoses and missed diagnoses are still common phenomena. The expertise of examining physicians often serve...
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases
Oct 17, 2024
INTRODUCTION: Simulation-based training has proven effective for learning flexible bronchoscopy. However, no studies have tested the efficacy of training toward established proficiency criteria, i.e., mastery learning (ML). We wish to test the effect...
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases
Sep 14, 2024
INTRODUCTION: Endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) for lung cancer staging is operator dependent, resulting in high rates of non-diagnostic lymph node (LN) samples. We hypothesized that an artificial intelligence (AI)...
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases
Jul 24, 2024
INTRODUCTION: Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a significant impact on hospitalizations, morbidity, and mortality of patients. This study aimed to develop a model for predicting acute exacerbation in COPD patients (A...
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases
Jul 22, 2024
INTRODUCTION: The aim of the study was to establish an ultrasonographic radiomics machine learning model based on endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) to assist in diagnosing benign and malignant mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes (LNs).
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases
Nov 30, 2023
INTRODUCTION: Robot-assisted navigation bronchoscopy (RANB) has been gaining traction as a new technology for minimally invasive biopsies of peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs). Cryobiopsy is an established method of procuring satisfactory lung tissu...
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases
Jan 19, 2023
BACKGROUND: Manual measurement of endobronchial optical coherence tomography (EB-OCT) images means a heavy workload in the clinical practice, which can also introduce bias if the subjective opinions of doctors are involved.
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases
May 12, 2022
BACKGROUND: Due to the similar symptoms of upper airway obstruction to asthma, misdiagnosis is common. Spirometry is a cost-effective screening test for upper airway obstruction and its characteristic patterns involving fixed, variable intrathoracic ...
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases
Mar 26, 2021
Robotic assisted bronchoscopy represents a major turning point in bronchoscopic history. The management strategies to address significant airway bleeding in this "robotic era" are not well documented, and further guidance is required. We present a ca...
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases
Jan 28, 2020
Medical imaging plays a key role in evaluating and monitoring lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer. The application of artificial intelligence in medical imaging has transformed medical images into mineab...