Figure - PMC

Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

View full-text article in PMC

. 2021 Jan 13;8(1):e000826. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000826

Search in PMC
Search in PubMed
View in NLM Catalog
Add to search

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

PMC Copyright notice

Radiographic guidance for selection of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) site. (A) The radial endobronchial ultrasonography (R-EBUS) probe was inserted into the bronchus selected for TBLC until the pleural surface was reached; thereafter, the R-EBUS probe was slowly withdrawn from the pleura to the hilum while confirming lesion locations using X-ray imaging and evaluating the characteristics of R-EBUS signals. (B) After the R-EBUS probe was withdrawn, the cryoprobe was inserted into the same bronchus and withdrawn from the pleural surface at least 1–2 cm proximally. The biopsy site was determined with or without R-EBUS signals, with radiographic guidance.