TY - JOUR
T1 - Navigational Tools for Interventional Radiology and Interventional Oncology Applications
AU - Chehab, Monzer A.
AU - Brinjikji, Waleed
AU - Copelan, Alexander
AU - Venkatesan, Aradhana M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - The interventional radiologist is increasingly called upon to successfully access challenging biopsy and ablation targets, which may be difficult based on poor visualization, small size, or the proximity of vulnerable regional anatomy. Complex therapeutic procedures, including tumor ablation and transarterial oncologic therapies, can be associated with procedural risk, significant procedure time, and measurable radiation time. Navigation tools, including electromagnetic, optical, laser, and robotic guidance systems, as well as image fusion platforms, have the potential to facilitate these complex interventions with the potential to improve lesion targeting, reduce procedure time, and radiation dose, and thus potentially improve patient outcomes. This review will provide an overview of currently available navigational tools and their application to interventional radiology and oncology. A summary of the pertinent literature on the use of these tools to improve safety and efficacy of interventional procedures compared with conventional techniques will be presented.
AB - The interventional radiologist is increasingly called upon to successfully access challenging biopsy and ablation targets, which may be difficult based on poor visualization, small size, or the proximity of vulnerable regional anatomy. Complex therapeutic procedures, including tumor ablation and transarterial oncologic therapies, can be associated with procedural risk, significant procedure time, and measurable radiation time. Navigation tools, including electromagnetic, optical, laser, and robotic guidance systems, as well as image fusion platforms, have the potential to facilitate these complex interventions with the potential to improve lesion targeting, reduce procedure time, and radiation dose, and thus potentially improve patient outcomes. This review will provide an overview of currently available navigational tools and their application to interventional radiology and oncology. A summary of the pertinent literature on the use of these tools to improve safety and efficacy of interventional procedures compared with conventional techniques will be presented.
KW - interventional oncology
KW - interventional radiology
KW - navigation
KW - navigational tools
KW - targeting
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U2 - 10.1055/s-0035-1564705
DO - 10.1055/s-0035-1564705
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84946729795
SN - 0739-9529
VL - 32
SP - 416
EP - 427
JO - Seminars in Interventional Radiology
JF - Seminars in Interventional Radiology
IS - 4
ER -