Recent advances in imaging technology change the way thoracic surgery is performed.
Preoperative state-of-the art diagnostics allow better assessment of operative risks and enable resection of increasingly smaller nodules.
Until now, analysis of lung function was necessarily tied to pulmonary function tests and scintigraphic methods. Recently, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enables quantitative regional analysis of lung perfusion and ventilation parameters and Computed tomography (CT) gives emphysema quantification.
New three-dimensional CT processing techniques offer precision localization of pulmonary nodules and actually allow to simulate even intraoperative tissue deformation and thus permit a much more accurate simulation of procedures, which moreover is very beneficial for education and training.
Intraoperative CT imaging in hybrid operating rooms enable simultaneous localization and removal of small pulmonary nodules.
This research topic intends to gather state-of-the art imaging used in thoracic surgery. In addition, we aim to tap into modern imaging developments not yet applied for thoracic surgery.
The topic editors invite submissions of a range of article types, including original research, review articles and case series.
Areas covered may be:
-MRI lung perfusion
-CT or MRI lung function assessment
-image-guided nodule localization and marking
-virtual reality simulation and teaching of surgical procedures
-intraoperative navigation and localization
Recent advances in imaging technology change the way thoracic surgery is performed.
Preoperative state-of-the art diagnostics allow better assessment of operative risks and enable resection of increasingly smaller nodules.
Until now, analysis of lung function was necessarily tied to pulmonary function tests and scintigraphic methods. Recently, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enables quantitative regional analysis of lung perfusion and ventilation parameters and Computed tomography (CT) gives emphysema quantification.
New three-dimensional CT processing techniques offer precision localization of pulmonary nodules and actually allow to simulate even intraoperative tissue deformation and thus permit a much more accurate simulation of procedures, which moreover is very beneficial for education and training.
Intraoperative CT imaging in hybrid operating rooms enable simultaneous localization and removal of small pulmonary nodules.
This research topic intends to gather state-of-the art imaging used in thoracic surgery. In addition, we aim to tap into modern imaging developments not yet applied for thoracic surgery.
The topic editors invite submissions of a range of article types, including original research, review articles and case series.
Areas covered may be:
-MRI lung perfusion
-CT or MRI lung function assessment
-image-guided nodule localization and marking
-virtual reality simulation and teaching of surgical procedures
-intraoperative navigation and localization