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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Ramírez, Esmitt author Sánchez Ramos, Carles author Borràs, Agnés author Diez-Ferrer, Marta author Rosell Gratacos, Antoni author Gil, Debora author Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona author 2018 Altres: ACCIO Tecniospring TECSPR17-1-0045 Virtual bronchoscopy (VB) is a non-invasive exploration tool for intervention planning and navigation of possible pulmonary lesions (PLs). A VB software involves the location of a PL and the calculation of a route, starting from the trachea, to reach it. The selection of a VB software might be a complex process, and there is no consensus in the community of medical software developers in which is the best-suited system to use or framework to choose. The authors present Bronchoscopy Exploration (BronchoX), a VB software to plan biopsy interventions that generate physician-readable instructions to reach the PLs. The authors' solution is open source, multiplatform, and extensible for future functionalities, designed by their multidisciplinary research and development group. BronchoX is a compound of different algorithms for segmentation, visualisation, and navigation of the respiratory tract. Performed results are a focus on the test the effectiveness of their proposal as an exploration software, also to measure its accuracy as a guiding system to reach PLs. Then, 40 different virtual planning paths were created to guide physicians until distal bronchioles. These results provide a functional software for BronchoX and demonstrate how following simple instructions is possible to reach distal lesions from the trachea. Medical image processing Computerised tomography Pneumodynamics Medical computing Lung Path planning Image segmentation BronchoX Navigation PLs Biopsy intervention planning Virtual bronchoscopy Noninvasive exploration tool VB software Medical software developers Pulmonary lesions Bronchoscopy exploration software Virtual paths planning Trachea Physician readable instructions Segmentation Visualisation Respiratory tract Bronchioles BronchoX : bronchoscopy exploration software for biopsy intervention planning