PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Pia Iben Pietersen
AU  - Bibi Klap
AU  - Nicole Hersch
AU  - Christian B. Laursen
AU  - Simon Walsh
AU  - Jouke Annema
AU  - Daniela Gompelmann
TI  - ERS International Congress 2020: highlights from the Clinical Techniques, Imaging and Endoscopy assembly
AID  - 10.1183/23120541.00118-2021
DP  - 2021 Apr 01
TA  - ERJ Open Research
PG  - 00118-2021
VI  - 7
IP  - 2
4099  - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/7/2/00118-2021.short
4100  - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/7/2/00118-2021.full
SO  - erjor2021 Apr 01; 7
AB  - The European Respiratory Society congress in the year 2020, a year dominated by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, was the first virtual congress planned with an innovative and interactive congress programme upfront. It was a large, novel platform for scientific discussion and presentations of cutting-edge innovative developments. This article summarises a selection of the scientific highlights from the Clinical Techniques, Imaging and Endoscopy assembly (assembly 14). In addition to presentations on the important role of bronchoscopy, imaging and ultrasound techniques in the field of SARS-CoV-2 infection, novel diagnostic approaches and innovative therapeutic strategies in patients with lung cancer, interstitial lung disease, obstructive airway disorders and infectious diseases were discussed.A summary of developments in interventional pulmonology, imaging techniques and ultrasound presented at #ERSCongress2020. Novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in various lung diseases are discussed. https://bit.ly/2Q2aX84