caa a22 4500 463178394 CHVBK 20180406164831.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10278-006-0857-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10278-006-0857-4 Diagnostic Contribution of Virtual Endoscopy in Diseases of the Upper Airways [Elektronische Daten] [Süleyman Men, M. Ecevit, I. Topçu, Neslihan Kabakçı, Taner Erdağ, Semih Sütay] Purpose: Virtual endoscopy (VE) is a new diagnostic tool that generates 3-dimensional (3D) views of a lumen by exploiting cross-sectional images. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of VE as a diagnostic tool in the diseases of the larynx and pharynx. Materials and Methods: Twenty-two patients with a mean age of 57 years were included in the study. The patients underwent larynx examination, optical endoscopy (OE), and computed tomography (CT) of the larynx. Later, VE was produced from the CT images. Results: Eight patients had larynx carcinoma, a 5-year-old patient had a laryngeal web, a 43-year-old man had fish bone stuck in his submucosal layer, 10 patients were normal, and the remaining two patients were under follow-up for treated nasopharynx carcinoma and had no evidence for recurrence. VE showed the laryngeal tumor in seven patients and the laryngeal web in one patient, but failed to show a plaquelike tumor and the fishbone within the submucosa. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that VE is a useful and complimentary method of 3D imaging in the diseases compromising the laryngeal lumen. Furthermore, it may be superior to OE in severe stenosis or obstructions where the endoscope cannot be passed through. SCAR (Society for Computer Applications in Radiology), 2007 Virtual endoscopy nationallicence larynx nationallicence pharynx nationallicence CT nationallicence imaging nationallicence optical endoscopy nationallicence Men Süleyman Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University, Medical School, 35340, Inciralti Izmir, Turkey aut Ecevit M. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dokuz Eylul University, Medical School, 35340, Inciralti Izmir, Turkey aut Topçu I. Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University, Medical School, 35340, Inciralti Izmir, Turkey aut Kabakçı Neslihan Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University, Medical School, 35340, Inciralti Izmir, Turkey aut Erdağ Taner Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dokuz Eylul University, Medical School, 35340, Inciralti Izmir, Turkey aut Sütay Semih Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dokuz Eylul University, Medical School, 35340, Inciralti Izmir, Turkey aut Journal of Digital Imaging Springer-Verlag; http://www.springer-ny.com 20/1(2007-03-01), 67-71 0897-1889 20:1<67 2007 20 10278 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-006-0857-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-006-0857-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Men Süleyman Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University, Medical School, 35340, Inciralti Izmir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ecevit M. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dokuz Eylul University, Medical School, 35340, Inciralti Izmir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Topçu I. Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University, Medical School, 35340, Inciralti Izmir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kabakçı Neslihan Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University, Medical School, 35340, Inciralti Izmir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Erdağ Taner Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dokuz Eylul University, Medical School, 35340, Inciralti Izmir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sütay Semih Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dokuz Eylul University, Medical School, 35340, Inciralti Izmir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Digital Imaging Springer-Verlag; http://www.springer-ny.com 20/1(2007-03-01), 67-71 0897-1889 20:1<67 2007 20 10278 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer