Airway bypass site selection and treatment planning
AssigneeBroncus Medical Inc.
InventorsPeter J. MACKLEM, Caterina SALITO, Andrea ALIVERTI, Henky WIBOWO, Edmund J. ROSCHAK, Thomas M. KEAST, Cary COLE
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Abstract
This invention relates to systems and methods for site selection and placement of extra-anatomic passages altering gaseous flow in a diseased lung.
Claims16
A method of assessing a plurality of treatment sites in airways of a lung of a patient comprising performing a quantitative analysis of high resolution CT scans wherein said quantitative analysis is based on a change in lung density as a function of lung volume and performed by computer.
A method of assessing a plurality of treatment sites in airways of a lung of a patient, the method comprising:
- identifying the plurality of sites within the airways of the diseased lung;
- determining at least one anatomic characteristic of each site;
- automatically calculating on a computer a score for each site based on the degree of the plurality of diseased regions in the lung, at least one anatomic characteristic of each site and a proximity of the site to at least one of the diseased regions;
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- displaying each score in association with each site in graphical form.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.