Figure 1.
Chest CT of a 60-year-old man with a lung cancer in the right middle lobe (A). Preoperative 3D-CT images were created by the thoracic surgeons within 10 minutes (B and C). Surgical simulation also became feasible, resulting in the safe and reliable performance of VATS with complete thoracoscopic vision. CT, computed tomography; 3D-CT, three-dimensional CT; VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.