Real-Time US-CT/MRI Image Fusion for Guidance of Thermal Ablation of Liver Tumors Undetectable with US: Results in 295 Cases

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 143-151

  Mauri, Giovanni ^a,b   Cova, Luca ^a   De Beni, Stefano ^c   Ierace, Tiziana ^a   Tondolo, Tania ^a   Cerri, Anna ^a   Goldberg, S Nahum ^d   Solbiati, Luigi ^a  

^a BUSTO ARSIZIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^c Esaote   (Italy)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Image fusion; Liver malignancies; Percutaneous thermal ablation; Real time virtual navigation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

GADOXETIC ACID; IOMEPROL; SONOVUE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ABLATION THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MICROWAVE THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THERMAL ABLATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84930927433     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-014-0897-y     Document Type: Article

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