New robotic systems have recently emerged to assist with peripheral lung access, but a robotic system for rigid bronchoscopy has yet to be developed. We describe a new robotic system that can deliver thin robotic manipulators through the ports of sta...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Jul 9, 2019
PURPOSE: Current manual catheters for transbronchial biopsy in the lung lack a steering ability, which hampers a physician's ability to reach nodules in the peripheral lung. The objective of this paper is to design and build a multisection robot with...
PURPOSE: Bronchoscopy is useful in lung cancer detection, but cannot be used to differentiate cancer types. A computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system was proposed to distinguish malignant cancer types to achieve objective diagnoses.
BACKGROUND: Differentiating lower airway bacterial infection from possible upper airway contamination in children with endobronchial disorders undergoing bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is important for guiding management. A diagnostic bacterial load th...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
May 15, 2017
PURPOSE: In bronchoschopy, computer vision systems for navigation assistance are an attractive low-cost solution to guide the endoscopist to target peripheral lesions for biopsy and histological analysis. We propose a decoupled deep learning architec...
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Dec 15, 2016
OBJECTIVE: Patients with nonlocalized bronchiectasis are encountered commonly; however, there is little information regarding surgical intervention in this patient population. The aim of this study was to evaluate symptomatic response and safety of a...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Oct 28, 2016
PURPOSE: Airway segmentation plays an important role in analyzing chest computed tomography (CT) volumes for computerized lung cancer detection, emphysema diagnosis and pre- and intra-operative bronchoscope navigation. However, obtaining a complete 3...
Zhonghua jie he he hu xi za zhi = Zhonghua jiehe he huxi zazhi = Chinese journal of tuberculosis and respiratory diseases
Jul 12, 2025
In recent years, interventional pulmonology has advanced rapidly, with bronchoscopy becoming a cornerstone in the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technology has established an intellige...
European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society
Apr 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence (AI) systems have been implemented to improve the diagnostic yield and operators' skills within endoscopy. Similar AI systems are now emerging in bronchoscopy. Our objective was to identify and describe AI systems ...
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