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Editorial
. 2021 Nov 15;204(10):1122-1124.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202108-1899ED.

Endobronchial Optical Coherence Tomography for the Diagnosis of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease: A Light at the End of the Tunnel?

Daniel-Costin Marinescu  1   2 , Christopher J Ryerson  1   2
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Editorial

Endobronchial Optical Coherence Tomography for the Diagnosis of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease: A Light at the End of the Tunnel?

Daniel-Costin Marinescu et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Figure 1.
Roadmap highlighting additional work required to further investigate and implement endobronchial OCT as a new technique for the evaluation of patients with fibrotic ILD (created with BioRender.com). The OCT image is modified and reprinted with permission by Reference . ILD = interstitial lung disease; MDD = multidisciplinary discussion; OCT = optical coherence tomography; SLB = surgical lung biopsy; TBBx = transbronchial biopsy; TBLC = transbronchial lung cryobiopsy; UIP = usual interstitial pneumonia.
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