Houteng Xi

Mobile cone-beam computed tomography combined with electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy for the diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary nodules

BACKGROUND: Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) is widely used for diagnosing peripheral pulmonary nodules (PPNs), but its diagnostic yield remains variable. Mobile cone-beam computed tomography (mCBCT) enables intraprocedural assessment of the tool-lesion relationship...

Effects of cryo-parameters and retrieval methods on specimen acquisition and quality for ultrathin cryoprobe transbronchial cryobiopsy in porcine models

Ultrathin cryoprobes enable direct retraction through the working channel during transbronchial cryobiopsy. However, key factors of biopsy performance remain insufficiently characterized. This study evaluates cryo-parameters and retrieval methods across different working channels...