GPu-based real-time approximation of the ablation zone for radiofrequency ablation

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1812-1821

  Rieder, Christian ^a   Kröger, Tim ^b   Schumann, Christian ^a   Hahn, Horst K ^c  

^a FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ablation zone visualization; distance field; GPU; interaction; Radiofrequency ablation; volume rendering

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; CANCER CELLS; CLINICAL PROCEDURE; COOLING EFFECTS; DISTANCE FIELD; FAST ESTIMATION; GPU; GRAPHICS CARD; INTERACTION; LIVER TUMORS; LIVER VESSELS; MALIGNANT TISSUES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION; REAL TIME VISUALIZATION; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS; TUMOR COVERAGE; WEIGHTED DISTANCE;

APPLICATORS; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COOLING; HEMODYNAMICS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; TUMORS; USER INTERFACES; VISUALIZATION; VOLUME RENDERING;

ABLATION;

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; STATISTICS;

CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; SOFTWARE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 80855139104     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2011.207     Document Type: Article

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