Beyond skills and instruments, surgical visualization is the foundation of an operation. Owing to the unique challenges in thoracic surgery, innovative methods are required for better surgical outcomes. Improvements in graphical and imaging technology have amazed all walks of life. The graphical and imaging advancements in medicine including three-dimensional thoracoscopy, fluorescence colorization, augmented reality, and virtual reality have broadened the boundaries of operation to enhance surgical planning, operational precision and accuracy, which also facilitate safety and minimal invasiveness. In the clinical practice of thoracic surgery, imaging technology has become the hot spot for research and translation.
Within the current research topic, we will look into the advances of graphical and imaging technology in thoracic surgery, and summarize the improvements in this field brought by the technology improvements. The collection will cover the utilization of three-dimensional thoracoscopy and the benefits from it in the thoracic surgery clinical practice. The advances in fluorescence visualization especially indocyanine green (ICG) will be also collected. Not only in pulmonary nodule localization, such method is also used in segmental plain and blood perfusion demonstration. How it helps the thoracic surgeons and how to use it properly will be our focuses.
The manuscripts or contributions to this Research Topic will cover the advances of graphical and imaging technology in thoracic surgery from surgical planning, 3D model reconstruction, intra-operation visualization, virtual operation, etc. Original articles are highly recommended in this Research Topic but interesting case reports are also encouraged. The collection intends to demonstrate the cutting edge of graphical and imaging technology in thoracic surgery, and how the technology helps thoracic surgeons in daily practices and operations. The comparisons between the technology and the conventional methods will be also showed and discussed.
Beyond skills and instruments, surgical visualization is the foundation of an operation. Owing to the unique challenges in thoracic surgery, innovative methods are required for better surgical outcomes. Improvements in graphical and imaging technology have amazed all walks of life. The graphical and imaging advancements in medicine including three-dimensional thoracoscopy, fluorescence colorization, augmented reality, and virtual reality have broadened the boundaries of operation to enhance surgical planning, operational precision and accuracy, which also facilitate safety and minimal invasiveness. In the clinical practice of thoracic surgery, imaging technology has become the hot spot for research and translation.
Within the current research topic, we will look into the advances of graphical and imaging technology in thoracic surgery, and summarize the improvements in this field brought by the technology improvements. The collection will cover the utilization of three-dimensional thoracoscopy and the benefits from it in the thoracic surgery clinical practice. The advances in fluorescence visualization especially indocyanine green (ICG) will be also collected. Not only in pulmonary nodule localization, such method is also used in segmental plain and blood perfusion demonstration. How it helps the thoracic surgeons and how to use it properly will be our focuses.
The manuscripts or contributions to this Research Topic will cover the advances of graphical and imaging technology in thoracic surgery from surgical planning, 3D model reconstruction, intra-operation visualization, virtual operation, etc. Original articles are highly recommended in this Research Topic but interesting case reports are also encouraged. The collection intends to demonstrate the cutting edge of graphical and imaging technology in thoracic surgery, and how the technology helps thoracic surgeons in daily practices and operations. The comparisons between the technology and the conventional methods will be also showed and discussed.