Recent Advancements in the Diagnostic Accuracy of Navigation Bronchoscopy: A Conversation With Erik van der Heijden, MD

Philips and Radboud University Medical Center recently announced positive results from a clinical study, setting a new milestone with 90% diagnostic accuracy of lung nodules suspicious of cancer, using the Philips 3D imaging technology, Azurion. Results, published in the Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology, also reported a reduction in the average total effective radiation dose per procedure by more than half.

In this episode of IOL Radio, Dr. Erik van der Heijden, Pulmonologist and Associate Professor of Interventional Pulmonary Diseases at Radboud UMC in the Netherlands, joins us to discuss these recent advancements in the accuracy and safety of lung biopsy procedures using the Philips Azurion Image-Guided System.

1. Verhoeven RLJ, Fütterer JJ, Hoefsloot W, van der Heijden EHFM. Cone-Beam CT Image Guidance With and Without Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy for Biopsy of Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2021;28:60-69.

2. Verhoeven RLJ, van der Sterren W, Kong W, Langereis S, van der Tol P, van der Heijden EHFM. Cone-beam CT and Augmented Fluoroscopy-guided Navigation Bronchoscopy: Radiation Exposure and Diagnostic Accuracy Learning Curves. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2021;28:262-271.