With the commencement of the National Lung Cancer Screening program the number of
diagnostic biopsies is likely to increase. A new collaboration with Dr Tess Reynolds and Dr
Nicholas Hindley with pulmonologists from Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and other Australian
hospitals aims to extend the capabilities of CBCT platforms to improve diagnostic yield for
CBCT-guided procedures. Innovations such as providing clinicians with a 3D image of the
moving anatomy via an augmented reality headset and embedding optical imaging technology in
the biopsy needle tip have the potential to increase diagnostic accuracy and reduce side effects.
Alen Biju has been developing realistic lung imaging phantoms to assist with testing
