Current topics in imaging technology and diagnostic imaging in pediatric thoracic surgery

Abstract

Advanced imaging technology and new insights in diagnostic imaging are widely applied in pediatric thoracic surgery. Examples include three-dimensional imaging in thoracoscopic and robotic surgery, preoperative assessment of the pulmonary vessels by three-dimensional computed tomography, identification of lung intersegmental borders using infrared thoracoscopy with indocyanine green, optimal window setting on computed tomography to measure the inner diameter of the trachea, simulated slide tracheoplasty for congenital tracheal stenosis using three-dimensional printed models, computational fluid dynamics assessment of congenital tracheal stenosis, and lymphatic imaging techniques in the management of chylothorax.