@inproceedings{52fe804ea6c6403d8b6678e69e27545e,
title = "Multimodal system for the planning and guidance of bronchoscopy",
abstract = "Many technical innovations in multimodal radiologic imaging and bronchoscopy have emerged recently in the effort against lung cancer. Modern X-ray computed-tomography (CT) scanners provide three-dimensional (3D) high-resolution chest images, positron emission tomography (PET) scanners give complementary molecularimaging data, and new integrated PET/CT scanners combine the strengths of both modalities. State-of-the-art bronchoscopes permit minimally invasive tissue sampling, with vivid endobronchial video enabling navigation deep into the airway-tree periphery, while complementary endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) reveals local views of anatomical structures outside the airways. In addition, image-guided intervention (IGI) systems have proven their utility for CT-based planning and guidance of bronchoscopy. Unfortunately, no IGI system exists that integrates all sources effectively through the complete lung-cancer staging work flow. This paper presents a prototype of a computer-based multimodal IGI system that strives to fill this need. The system combines a wide range of automatic and semi-automatic image-processing tools for multimodal data fusion and procedure planning. It also provides a flexible graphical user interface for follow-on guidance of bronchoscopy/EBUS. Human-study results demonstrate the system's potential.",
author = "Higgins, {William E.} and Ronnarit Cheirsilp and Xiaonan Zang and Patrick Byrnes",
year = "2015",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1117/12.2077242",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Webster, {Robert J.} and Yaniv, {Ziv R.}",
booktitle = "Medical Imaging 2015",
address = "United States",
note = "Medical Imaging 2015: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling ; Conference date: 22-02-2015 Through 24-02-2015",
}