ERS International Congress 2020: highlights from the Clinical Techniques, Imaging and Endoscopy assembly.
Pia Iben PietersenBibi KlapNicole HerschChristian Borbjerg LaursenSimon WalshJouke AnnemaDaniela GompelmannPublished in: ERJ open research (2021)
The European Respiratory Society congress in the year 2020, a year dominated by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, was the first virtual congress planned with an innovative and interactive congress programme upfront. It was a large, novel platform for scientific discussion and presentations of cutting-edge innovative developments. This article summarises a selection of the scientific highlights from the Clinical Techniques, Imaging and Endoscopy assembly (assembly 14). In addition to presentations on the important role of bronchoscopy, imaging and ultrasound techniques in the field of SARS-CoV-2 infection, novel diagnostic approaches and innovative therapeutic strategies in patients with lung cancer, interstitial lung disease, obstructive airway disorders and infectious diseases were discussed.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- interstitial lung disease
- high resolution
- coronavirus disease
- infectious diseases
- systemic sclerosis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- rheumatoid arthritis
- high throughput
- mass spectrometry
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- fluorescence imaging
- small bowel
- photodynamic therapy
- double blind