Virtual Endoscopy and 3D Reconstruction in the Airways

This book is unique in its approach, covering the impact of virtual endoscopy and 3D reconstruction on surgical modalities and perioperative airway options. Airway management is an essential skill that is practiced daily by almost all anesthetists across

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Virtual Endoscopy and 3D Reconstruction in the Airways

Nabil A. Shallik  •  Abbas H. Moustafa Marco A. E. Marcus Editors

Virtual Endoscopy and 3D Reconstruction in the Airways

Editors Nabil A. Shallik Department of Clinical Anesthesiology Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar Doha Qatar Department of Anesthesiology ICU and Perioperative Medicine Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar Department of Anesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care Faculty of Medicine Tanta University Tanta Egypt

Abbas H. Moustafa Clinical Radiology and Medical Imaging Department Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar Diagnostic Radiology and Medical Imaging El Minia University El Minia Egypt

Marco A. E. Marcus Department of Anesthesiology ICU and Perioperative Medicine Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar Department of Clinical Anesthesiology Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar Doha Qatar Department of Clinical Anesthesiology Qatar University Doha Qatar

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Preface

New technologies in airway management never cease to amaze me, and it is especially wonderful to be existed in a period when rapid medical advances are changing the clinical practice landscape with reassuring certainty and frequency—having seen the world around me slowly transition from 2D to 3D imaging and even 4D in certain cases! It was only a matter of time before clinicians would find themselves needing 3D imaging on a regular basis. In less than 10 years, virtual endoscopy and 3D reconstruction have spread all around the world, and the diffusion of this t