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LungPoint - Virtual Bronchoscopic Navigation System
LungPoint, or LungPoint® Virtual Bronchoscopic Navigation, is a computer-assisted image-based navigation software system which, along with a set of biopsy tools, provides doctors with real-time path navigation within the airways and further localization guidance to a targeted area of interest in the lung for lung biopsy and other procedures. The system was designed to facilitate a higher biopsy diagnostic yield rate than that of any existing bronchoscopic biopsy modality by allowing for improved access to pulmonary peripheral lesions and nodules.
It reconstructs CT-based images of the thoracic cavity into a 3D model by superposing them with 3D simulated images and provides real-time navigation functions including displaying both actual and simulated images as well as planned paths to the target to enable the doctor to mark a specific target, i.e., a suspicious lesion or solitary pulmonary nodule (“SPN”). The software system computes several appropriate routes for precise navigation and localization, and then guides the bronchoscope down the path selected by the user to reach the pre-determined target location. It assists doctors in guiding endoscopic tools or catheters in the pulmonary tract and enables accurate marker placement within soft lung tissues.