Philips Healthcare has launched Azurion Lung Edition, a 3D imaging and navigation solution for lung cancer diagnosis and treatment.
The software combines tableside conebeam CT (CBCT) images with real-time x-ray guidance to help clinicians perform image-guided lung procedures. Philips designed the solution for bronchoscopy procedures, including the ability to perform minimally invasive endobronchial biopsies and lesion ablation during the same procedure.
Azurion Lung Edition works on the Azurion platform and is available for use in the U.S. The Azurion platform has been adopted worldwide and used in more than 2 million procedures, according to Philips.
Philips also announced that interventional radiologist Dr. Atul Gupta, chief medical officer of Philips Image Guided Therapy, will host a virtual roundtable on the use of CBCT for endobronchial ablation therapy on September 23 at 1 p.m. EDT. The roundtable will feature both pulmonologists and interventional radiologists.
![Images show the pectoralis muscles of a healthy male individual who never smoked (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; body mass index [BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], 28.4; number of cigarette pack-years, 0; forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1], 97.6% predicted; FEV1: forced vital capacity [FVC] ratio, 0.71; pectoralis muscle area [PMA], 59.4 cm2; pectoralis muscle volume [PMV], 764 cm3) and a male individual with a smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; BMI, 27.5; number of cigarette pack-years, 43.2, FEV1, 48% predicted; FEV1:FVC, 0.56; PMA, 35 cm2; PMV, 480.8 cm3) from the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (i.e., CanCOLD) study. The CT image is shown in the axial plane. The PMV is automatically extracted using the developed deep learning model and overlayed onto the lungs for visual clarity.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/genkin.25LqljVF0y.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
