Volumetric treatment planning and image guidance for radiofrequency ablation of hepatic tumors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5029, Issue , 2003, Pages 528-534

  Cleary, Kevin ^a   Tanaka, Daigo ^b   Stewart, David ^c   Wood, Brad ^d   Mocanu, Mihai ^e   Levy, Elliot ^c   Banovac, Filip ^c   Lindisch, David ^a   Roderick, Stephen ^a   Tang, John ^a   Chung, Ho Young ^f  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

^f Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Radiofrequency ablation; Sphere packing; Tumors; Volumetric treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROBES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TUMORS;

HEPATIC TUMOR; IMAGE GUIDANCE; MAGNETIC TRACKING DEVICE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL RENDERING; VOLUMETRIC TREATMENT PLANNING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0043026721     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.479858     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

1. T. de Baere, D. Elias, C. Dromain, M. G. Din, V. Kuoch, M. Ducreux, V. Boige, N. Lassau, V. Marteau, P. Lasser, and A. Roche, "Radiofrequency ablation of 100 hepatic metastases with a mean follow-up of more than 1 year," AJR Am J Roentgenol. vol. 175, pp. 1619-2., 2000.
2. H. Rhim and G. D. Dodd, 3rd, "Radiofrequency thermal ablation of liver tumors," J Clin Ultrasound, vol. 27, pp. 221-9, 1999.
3. G. D. Dodd, 3rd, M. C. Soulen, R. A. Kane, T. Livraghi, W. R. Lees, Y. Yamashita, A. R. Gillams, O. I. Karahan, and H. Rhim, "Minimally invasive treatment of malignant hepatic tumors: at the threshold of a major breakthrough," Radiographics, vol. 20, pp. 9-27, 2000.
4. T. Livraghi, S. N. Goldberg, S. Lazzaroni, F. Meloni, T. Ierace, L. Solbiati, and G. S. Gazelle, "Hepatocellular carcinoma: radio-frequency ablation of medium and large lesions," Radiology, vol. 214, pp. 761-8, 2000.
5. A. Cockburn, Agile Software Development: Pearson Education, 2001.
6. K. Beck, Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change: Pearson Education, 1999.
7. W. Schroeder and B. Lorenson, Visualization Toolkit: Prentice Hall, 1996.
8. D. T. Gering, A. Nabavi, R. Kikinis, N. Hata, L. J. O'Donnell, W. E. Grimson, F. A. Jolesz, P. M. Black, and W. M. Wells, 3rd, "An integrated visualization system for surgical planning and guidance using image fusion and an open MR," J Magn Reson Imaging, vol. 13, pp. 967-75, 2001.