AIRWAY BYPASS SITE SELECTION AND TREATMENT PLANNING
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1. 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.
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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.
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- 1. 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.
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10. A method of assessing a plurality of treatment sites in airways of a lung of a patient, the method comprising:
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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; and displaying each score in association with each site in graphical form. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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