First assessment of photon-counting CT for virtual bronchoscopic navigation

Marcel Opitz; Faustina Funke; Kaid Darwiche; Sebastian Zensen; Marko Frings; Luca Salhöfer; Johannes Haubold; Michael Forsting; Fabian Doerr; Servet Bölükbas; Filiz Oezkan; Jane Winantea; Hanna Zellerhoff; Rüdiger Karpf-Wissel; Johannes Wienker; Dirk Westhölter; Matthias Welsner; Christian Taube; Erik Büscher

doi:10.1183/13993003.02476-2024

First assessment of photon-counting CT for virtual bronchoscopic navigation

Eur Respir J. 2025 Apr 3;65(4):2402476. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02476-2024. Print 2025 Apr.

Authors

Marcel Opitz¹, Faustina Funke^{2

3}, Kaid Darwiche^{2

3}, Sebastian Zensen⁴, Marko Frings⁴, Luca Salhöfer⁴, Johannes Haubold⁴, Michael Forsting⁴, Fabian Doerr⁵, Servet Bölükbas⁵, Filiz Oezkan^{2

3}, Jane Winantea^{2

3}, Hanna Zellerhoff^{2

3}, Rüdiger Karpf-Wissel^{2

3}, Johannes Wienker^{2

3}, Dirk Westhölter³, Matthias Welsner³, Christian Taube³, Erik Büscher^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany marcel.opitz@uk-essen.
² Division of Interventional Pneumology, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital Essen-Ruhrlandklinik, Essen, Germany.
³ Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital Essen-Ruhrlandklinik, Essen, Germany.
⁴ Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
⁵ Department of Thoracic Surgery, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen-Ruhrlandklinik, Essen, Germany.

Abstract

Virtual bronchoscopic navigation (VBN) with photon-counting CT reduces radiation dose by 83% compared to energy-integrating CT, meeting the threshold for lung cancer screening and the high resolution standards required for accurate VBN https://bit.ly/3BXQ3zj

Publication types

Letter