Fig. 1

The reconstructed lobes and nodules for patient 1. A–E Computed tomography images showing the primary lesions as ground-glass opacities (yellow arrow) in the five lobes. (a–e) Three-dimensional computed tomography lung reconstruction displaying the nodules (yellow arrow) and the reconstructed lungs in the real relative position. Postoperative pathologic findings confirmed adenocarcinoma in situ (E), minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (B, C) and invasive adenocarcinoma (A, D)