Quantitative Ablation Confirmation Methods in Percutaneous Thermal Ablation of Malignant Liver Tumors: Technical Insights, Clinical Evidence, and Future Outlook
Iwan Paolucci, Jéssica Albuquerque Marques Silva, Yuan‐Mao Lin, Alexander Shieh, Anna Maria Ierardi, Gianpaolo Caraffiello, Carlo Gazzera, A. Kyle Jones, Paolo Fonio, Reto Bale, Kristy K. Brock, Marco Calandri, Bruno C. Odisio
Abstract
Intraprocedural use of ablation confirmation software is critical and allows for quantitative measurement of the minimal ablative margin after percutaneous thermal ablation of liver tumors and immediate re-ablation of insufficient margins.
Topics & Concepts
AblationPercutaneousAblative caseThermal ablationMedicineMargin (machine learning)RadiologyAblation zoneRadiation therapyComputer scienceInternal medicineMachine learningHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical ResearchEndoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease