Radiofrequency ablation of hepatic tumors: Simulation, planning, and contribution of virtual reality and haptics

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 215-227

  Villard, Caroline ^a   Soler, Luc ^b   Gangi, Afshin ^c  

^a Faculté de Médecine   (France)

^b IRCAD   (France)

^c HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

Author keywords

3D visualization; Computer assisted surgery; Haptic interfaces; Minimally invasive surgery; Treatment simulation and planning; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

3D SCENES; 3D VISUALIZATION; AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COOLING EFFECTS; HAPTIC DEVICES; HAPTICS; HEPATIC TUMORS; LIVER TUMORS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEEDLE PLACEMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE; SIMULATION AND TRAINING; SPIRAL CT; TRAINING TOOLS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT SIMULATION; VASCULAR ARCHITECTURE;

ABLATION; HAPTIC INTERFACES; NEEDLES; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOLOGY; TUMORS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; STATISTICS;

CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33644670237     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255840500289988     Document Type: Article

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