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Artificial Intelligence in Interventional Pulmonology
Zhen-Ding You1,2,3, Wei He1,2, Jing Liu1
1Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases
|July 29, 2026
Summary
Artificial intelligence (AI) enhances interventional pulmonology (IP) by improving diagnostics and training. AI applications in education, imaging, navigation, and robotic bronchoscopy systems (RBS) are revolutionizing patient care and procedural outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Interventional Pulmonology
- Medical Artificial Intelligence
Background:
- Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming interventional pulmonology (IP).
- AI enhances diagnostic accuracy, procedural efficiency, and training standardization in IP.
- This review covers AI applications in education, imaging, navigation, and robotic bronchoscopy systems (RBS).
Purpose of the Study:
- To synthesize current advancements and applications of AI in interventional pulmonology.
- To review AI's impact across key domains: education, imaging, navigation, and RBS.
Main Methods:
- Review of AI applications in interventional pulmonology.
- Analysis of AI performance metrics in various IP domains.
Main Results:
- AI-powered education tools (CNNs) achieve 94.7% accuracy in airway recognition.
- Deep learning models match senior physicians in lesion identification (AUC: 0.940-0.981) for real-time guidance.
- Navigation technologies (VBN, ENB) yield 77.9%-94.4% for peripheral lesions.
- Robotic bronchoscopy systems (RBS) achieve biopsy success rates up to 98.8% with AI-driven navigation.
Conclusions:
- AI significantly enhances diagnostic accuracy and procedural safety in IP.
- AI facilitates standardized bronchoscopy practices and personalized medicine.
- Challenges in algorithm validation, data privacy, and ethics require ongoing attention.