Open AccessVirtual Bronchoscopy Using OsiriX
Author(s) -
Atsushi Sano,
Tomoko Tsuchiya
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0000000000000051
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchoscopy , radiology , lung , nodule (geology) , biopsy , flexible bronchoscopy , paleontology , biology
Although the utility of virtual bronchoscopy has been reported, the software for virtual bronchoscopy has not been popular because of the high cost. OsiriX is a reasonably priced software that is available to reconstruct virtual endoscopic images. Herein, we present the ability of OsiriX to enable virtual bronchoscopy.