Multimodality image fusion–guided procedures: technique, accuracy, and applications

N Abi-Jaoudeh, J Kruecker, S Kadoury… - Cardiovascular and …, 2012 - Springer
Personalized therapies play an increasingly critical role in cancer care: Image guidance with
multimodality image fusion facilitates the targeting of specific tissue for tissue …

Navigation systems for ablation

BJ Wood, J Kruecker, N Abi-Jaoudeh, JK Locklin… - Journal of Vascular and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Navigation systems, devices, and intraprocedural software are changing the way
interventional oncology is practiced. Before the development of precision navigation tools …

Feedback system for integrating interventional planning and navigation

J Kruecker, S Dalal, S Xu, BJ Wood - US Patent 9,144,461, 2015 - Google Patents
A therapy planning and image guidance and navigation for an interventional procedure are
combined in one system. The system includes: a radio frequency ablation therapy planning …

Computer‐assisted trajectory planning for percutaneous needle insertions

A Seitel, M Engel, CM Sommer, BA Radeleff… - Medical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Computed tomography (CT) guided minimally invasive interventions such as
biopsies or ablation therapies often involve insertion of a needle‐shaped instrument into the …

Automatic computation of electrode trajectories for deep brain stimulation: a hybrid symbolic and numerical approach

C Essert, C Haegelen, F Lalys, A Abadie… - International journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose The optimal electrode trajectory is needed to assist surgeons in planning Deep
Brain Stimulation (DBS). A method for image-based trajectory planning was developed and …

Multi-objective path planning for lung biopsy surgery

N Bao, Y Chen, Y Liu, C Chakraborty - Multimedia tools and applications, 2022 - Springer
CT image-guided lung biopsy surgery is the gold standard for lung tumor diagnosis. The
preoperative path planning of the surgery is necessary, which aims to find some optimal …

Multi-trajectories automatic planner for StereoElectroEncephaloGraphy (SEEG)

E De Momi, C Caborni, F Cardinale, G Casaceli… - International journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose StereoElectroEncephaloGraphy (SEEG) is done to identify the epileptogenic zone
of the brain using several multi-lead electrodes whose positions in the brain are pre …

Treatment planning and image guidance for radiofrequency ablation of large tumors

H Ren, E Campos-Nanez, Z Yaniv… - IEEE journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article addresses the two key challenges in computer-assisted percutaneous tumor
ablation: planning multiple overlapping ablations for large tumors while avoiding critical …

Multi-criteria trajectory planning for hepatic radiofrequency ablation

C Baegert, C Villard, P Schreck, L Soler - International conference on …, 2007 - Springer
In this paper, we propose a method based on multiple criteria to assist physicians in
planning percutaneous RFA on liver. We explain how we extracted information from …

Automatic radiofrequency ablation planning for liver tumors with multiple constraints based on set covering

L Liang, D Cool, N Kakani, G Wang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is now a widely used minimally invasive treatment method
for hepatic tumors. Preoperative planning plays a vital role in RFA therapy. With increasing …