Images of the Lungs Highlighting the Airway Branches (IMAGE)

NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Images of the Lungs Highlighting the Airway Branches

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Top: Standard central airway anatomy with medial basal airway present (red arrow). Bottom: Absent medial basal airway variant (red circle)

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Courtesy of Eric A. Hoffman, University of Iowa, MESA Lung/SPIROMICS Radiology Ready Center

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