Image Guidance in Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) Using a Mobile C-Arm for Cone-Beam CT: Image Quality, Dose, and First Experience in Visualizing the Fully Deflated Lung
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S Schafer1 *, A Uneri2 , D Mirota2 , S Nithiananthan1 , J Stayman1 , W Zbijewski1 , G Kleinszig3 , C Schmidgunst3 , M Sussman4 , J Siewerdsen1,2 , (1) The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Baltimore, MD, (2) The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Computer Science, Baltimore, MD, (3) Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, DE, (4) The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Surgery, Baltimore, MD