Preoperative assessment of parietal pleural invasion/adhesion of subpleural lung cancer: advantage of software-assisted analysis of 4-dimensional dynamic-ventilation computed tomography.
Tsuneo YamashiroHiroshi MoriyaMaho TsubakimotoYukihiro NagataniTatsuya KimotoSadayuki Murayamanull nullPublished in: European radiology (2019)
• 4D dynamic-ventilation CT can correctly assess parietal pleural invasion/adhesion of peripheral lung cancer. • A unique color map clearly demonstrates parietal pleural invasion/adhesion. • Our technique can be expanded to diagnose "benign" pleural adhesions for safer thoracoscopic surgery.
Keyphrases
- cell migration
- computed tomography
- working memory
- biofilm formation
- positron emission tomography
- minimally invasive
- dual energy
- image quality
- contrast enhanced
- respiratory failure
- mechanical ventilation
- patients undergoing
- coronary artery bypass
- intensive care unit
- atrial fibrillation
- cell adhesion
- acute coronary syndrome
- candida albicans