Nathaniel Moulton, Mohammed Abbasi, Danish Ahmad, Allen Burks, Praveen Chenna, Kevin Haas, Andrea Loiselle, Essam Mekhaiel, Suchitra Pilli, Ali Sadoughi, Brandt Lydon, Tej Patel, Alexander C Chen
BACKGROUND: Radial probe endobronchial ultrasound (R-EBUS) is often utilized in guided bronchoscopy for the diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesions. R-EBUS probe positioning has been shown to correlate with diagnostic yield, but overall diagnostic yield with this technology has been inconsistent across the published literature. Currently there is no standardization for R-EBUS image interpretation, which may result in variability in grading concentricity of lesions and subsequently procedure performance...
January 30, 2024: Journal of Thoracic Disease