Preoperative assessment of parietal pleural invasion/adhesion of subpleural lung cancer: advantage of software-assisted analysis of 4-dimensional dynamic-ventilation computed tomography

ConclusionSoftware-assisted 4D dynamic-ventilation CT can be considered as a novel imaging approach for accurate preoperative analysis of pleural invasion/adhesion of peripheral lung cancer.Key Points•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.

Source: European Radiology - August 30, 2019 Category: Radiology Source Type: research