SYSTEMS FOR ECCENTRIC NODULE TISSUE ACQUISITION

The present disclosure relates to the field of endoscopy. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for real-time visualization and sampling of target tissue within body passages. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a system that provides real-time visualizatio...

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Hauptverfasser: LEANNA, Gary, GARRITY, Douglas, NGUYEN, Thinh, FLEURY, Sean
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:The present disclosure relates to the field of endoscopy. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for real-time visualization and sampling of target tissue within body passages. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a system that provides real-time visualization of eccentric pulmonary nodules, and which allows the location/orientation of a biopsy needle to be determined prior to its first actuation.