Table 2. Subject characteristics and diagnostic outcome.
| Case No. | Age (y) | Gender | Lobe | Segment | Location | Radiographic lesion type | Lesion size (cm) | CT Bronchus sign | Distance to pleura (cm) | Procedure order of 4D-ENB | EBUS findingsa | Final diagnosis | Diagnosis modality | Diagnosis by conventional bronchoscopy | Diagnosis by 4D-ENB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 66 | M | LUL | S1+2 | Peripheral | Solid | 2.7 | Present | 0 | 2nd | Eccentric | Sq | Surgery | Positive | Positive |
| 2 | 57 | M | RLL | S9 | Intermediate | Solid | 2.0 | Present | 3.8 | 1st | Eccentric | Ad | Surgery | Negative | Negative |
| 3 | 67 | M | RUL | S3 | Intermediate | Solid | 1.1 | Present | 5.3 | 2nd | Eccentric | Ad | Surgery | Positive | Negative |
| 4 | 83 | F | RUL | S1 | Peripheral | Solid | 1.2 | Absent | 2.2 | 2nd | Absent | Benign | Follow-upb | Negative | Negative |
| 5 | 65 | F | LUL | S3 | Peripheral | Solid with cavity | 3.9 | Present | 0 | 2nd | Absent | Sq | Surgery | Positive | Negative |
| 6 | 90 | M | RUL | S3 | Peripheral | Solid | 1.2 | Present | 1.7 | 1st | Concentric | Ad | Surgery | Positive | Positive |
| 7 | 70 | M | RUL | S1 | Peripheral | Subsolid | 4.4 | Present | 1.9 | 2nd | Concentric | Ad | Surgery | Positive | Positive |
| 8 | 66 | F | RUL | S2 | Peripheral | Subsolid | 2.3 | Present | 0 | 2nd | Absent | Ad | Surgery | Negative | Positive |
| 9 | 74 | F | RML | S4 | Intermediate | Solid | 1.2 | Present | 3.3 | 1st | Eccentric | Typical carcinoid | Surgery | Negative | Negative |
| 10 | 58 | M | LUL | S1+2 | Peripheral | Solid with cavity | 2.5 | Absent | 0 | 2nd | Absent | Ad | Surgery | Positive | Positive |
| 11 | 73 | M | LUL | S4 | Intermediate | Solid | 1.0 | Present | 3.2 | 1st | Eccentric | Hamartoma | Surgery | Negative | Negative |
Gender M, male; F, female; LUL, left upper lobe; RLL, right lower lobe; RUL, right upper lobe; RML, right middle lobe; CT, computed tomography; EBUS, endobronchial ultrasound; Sq, squamous cell carcinoma; Ad, adenocarcinoma; 4D-ENB, four-dimensional tracking electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy. aIn all patients, EBUS findings were concordant between the conventional bronchoscopy and the 4D-ENB phases; bThe nodule diminished in size during two years of CT follow-up.