S Li, PH Wu - Chinese journal of cancer, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Image-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has been used for more than ten years, primarily in the treatment of liver and prostate cancers. HIFU has the advantages of …
Radiotherapy is recognized globally as a mainstay of treatment in most solid tumors and is essential in both curative and palliative settings. Ionizing radiation is frequently combined …
An intraoperative registration and tracking system includes an optical source configured to illuminate tissue intraoperatively with electromagnetic radiation at a substantially localized …
Medical imaging in interventional oncology is used differently than in diagnostic radiology and prioritizes different imaging features. Whereas diagnostic imaging prioritizes the highest …
W Wein, A Khamene, DA Clevert, O Kutter… - … Image Computing and …, 2007 - Springer
The fusion of 3D freehand ultrasound with CT and CTA has benefits for a variety of clinical applications, however a lot of manual work is usually required for correct registration. We …
During the last two decades, intra-operative ultrasound (iUS) imaging has been employed for various surgical procedures of the spine, including spinal fusion and needle injections …
We present a groupwise US to CT registration algorithm for guiding percutaneous spinal interventions. In addition, we introduce a comprehensive validation scheme that accounts for …
The creation of 2D ultrasound mosaics is becoming a common clinical practice with a high clinical value. The next step coming along with the increasing availability of 2D array …
L Mercier, V Fonov, C Haegelen… - International journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose We present a new technique for registering magnetic resonance (MR) and ultrasound images in the context of neurosurgery. It involves generating a pseudo …