Background: Although lobar patterns of emphysema heterogeneity are indicative of optimal
target sites for lung volume reduction (LVR) strategies, the presence of segmental, or …

Background: The discovery that early diagnosis can reduce the mortality of lung cancer
provides firm evidence that early surgical intervention is effective. However, surgical resection is …

Background An innovative approach to lung volume reduction (LVR) for emphysema is
introduced in the design of the Sequential Segmental Treatment of Emphysema with Upper Lobe …

Background: Various methods for ablating peripheral lung lesions are being investigated;
however, none have been successfully adapted for delivery via bronchoscopy. Vapor ablation …

Emphysema is often distributed heterogeneously throughout the lungs, even at the segmental
level. It is important for interventional lung volume reduction therapies to target and treat …

Although a consistent pattern of ipsilateral movement coupling between cervical spine rotation
and lateral flexion has been widely described, variability in these movement patterns has …

Background Quantification of lung tissue via analysis of computed tomography (CT) scans
is increasingly common for monitoring disease progression and for planning of therapeutic …

Purpose: An investigation of the thermal effect and the potential for injury at the lung surface
following thermal vapour ablation (InterVapor), an energy-based method of achieving …

Background: A method of achieving endoscopic lung volume reduction for emphysema has
been developed that utilizes precise amounts of thermal energy in the form of water vapor to …

The purpose of this project is to explore the use of field programmable gate arrays (FPGA)
in the improvement and enhancement of data compression techniques. This research has …