Free Virtual Bronchoscopy Simulator

BronchSim — learn bronchial anatomy and practice airway navigation in an interactive 3D airway.

BronchSim free virtual bronchoscopy simulator — a bronchoscope flying through a 3D CT-derived airway toward the carina

BronchSim is a free virtual bronchoscopy simulator for learning bronchial anatomy and practicing airway navigation. Drive a bronchoscope through an interactive 3D airway reconstructed from a real CT scan — down the trachea, past the carina, and into the lobar and segmental bronchi of both lungs.

Built as a bronchoscopy training and education tool, it lets medical students, residents, and pulmonary and critical care fellows rehearse tracheobronchial anatomy at their own pace, with nothing to install — it runs in any modern web browser. Explore mode flies freely through the airway; Quiz mode tests segmental anatomy by asking you to name and identify each bronchus; Challenge mode adds timed navigation tasks and foreign-body aspiration cases for bronchoscopy practice under pressure.

Whether you are preparing for your first bronchoscopy, teaching airway anatomy, or reviewing the bronchial tree, this virtual bronchoscopy simulator makes segmental anatomy easier to learn and remember. Free and open for education.

BronchSim
Virtual Bronchoscopy Trainer
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BronchSim
Drive a bronchoscope through an anatomically correct, CT-derived virtual airway.
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Trachea
Trachea
Push the joystick up to drive down toward the carina.
Drive W/S or ↑/↓  •  Steer A/D or ←/→
or drag the joystick
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airway map
Airway model: Dr. Henry Guo & Chris Le Castillo

BronchSim

A free, browser-based virtual bronchoscopy trainer. Drive a scope through a real CT-derived airway to learn the tracheobronchial anatomy — trachea, carina, lobar and segmental bronchi.

Created by Andrea Jonas, MD.

Acknowledgements

Airway model courtesy of Dr. Henry Guo and Chris Le Castillo.

License / cite

Licensed CC BY 4.0. Cite via DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21301809.

For education only — not for clinical use.

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