Title :
Planning of Image-Guided Interventions in the Liver
Author :
Schenk, Andrea ; Haemmerich, Dieter ; Preusser, Tobias
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Med. Image Comput. MEVIS, Bremen, Germany
Abstract :
In the following, we demonstrate the use of computational modeling for treatment planning of interventional procedures on the example of two clinically used therapies for liver cancer, which are used for both primary tumors (i.e., cancer originating in the liver) as well as metastatic tumors.
Keywords :
cancer; liver; medical image processing; patient treatment; tumours; computational modeling; image-guided interventions; liver cancer; treatment planning; tumors; Biomedical imaging; Cancer; Computational modeling; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical image processing; Surgery; Three dimensional displays; Tumors;
Journal_Title :
Pulse, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPUL.2011.942605
