Role of Fusion Imaging in Image-Guided Thermal Ablations

Diagnostics

Andrea Masperi¹  Giovanni Mauri¹  Renato Vitale²  Duccio Rossi²  Serena Carriero²  Gianmarco Della Pepa²  Lorenzo Monfardini³ 

[1] Division of Interventional Radiology, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, 20141 Milan, Italy;Postgraduate School of Radiodiagnostics, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20122 Milan, Italy;Radiology Department, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, 25124 Brescia, Italy;

关键词: fusion imaging;    imaging-guided ablation;    thermal ablation;    image processing;    ultrasound;    contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS);   

DOI  :  10.3390/diagnostics11030549

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Thermal ablation (TA) procedures are effective treatments for several kinds of cancers. In the recent years, several medical imaging advancements have improved the use of image-guided TA. Imaging technique plays a pivotal role in improving the ablation success, maximizing pre-procedure planning efficacy, intraprocedural targeting, post-procedure monitoring and assessing the achieved result. Fusion imaging (FI) techniques allow for information integration of different imaging modalities, improving all the ablation procedure steps. FI concedes exploitation of all imaging modalities’ strengths concurrently, eliminating or minimizing every single modality’s weaknesses. Our work aims to give an overview of FI, explain and analyze FI technical aspects and its clinical applications in ablation therapy and interventional oncology.

【 授权许可】

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