ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Role of Fusion Imaging in Image-Guided Thermal Ablations.
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- Efficacy and Safety of Fusion Imaging in Radiofrequency Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Compared to Ultrasound: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2021Pooled it
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- Percutaneous Image-Guided Ablation of Renal Cancer: Traditional and Emerging Indications, Energy Sources, Techniques, and Future Developments.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Benefits and drawbacks of radiofrequency ablationWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2024Article
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- Artificial intelligence in interventional radiology: state of the art.European radiology experimental · 2024Review
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- Percutaneous Microwave Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with "Double Fusion" Technique: Technical Note and Single-Center Preliminary Experience.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Prevention of major biliary complications by fusion imaging for thermal ablation of malignant liver tumors adjacent to the bile ducts: a preliminary comparative study.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2022Article
- Precision Imaging Guidance in the Era of Precision Oncology: An Update of Imaging Tools for Interventional Procedures.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Image-Guided Percutaneous Ablation for Primary and Metastatic Tumors.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Ablative Therapies for Breast Cancer: State of Art.Technology in cancer research & treatmentReview
- Robotics in Interventional Radiology: Review of Current and Future Applications.Technology in cancer research & treatmentReview
- Cone Beam Computed Tomography Image Fusion with Cross Sectional Images for Percutaneous Renal Tumor Ablation: Preliminary Data.Technology in cancer research & treatmentArticle
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Abstract
Thermal ablation (TA) procedures are effective treatments for several kinds of cancers. In the recent years, several medical imaging advancements have improved the use of image-guided TA. Imaging technique plays a pivotal role in improving the ablation success, maximizing pre-procedure planning efficacy, intraprocedural targeting, post-procedure monitoring and assessing the achieved result. Fusion imaging (FI) techniques allow for information integration of different imaging modalities, improving all the ablation procedure steps. FI concedes exploitation of all imaging modalities' strengths concurrently, eliminating or minimizing every single modality's weaknesses. Our work aims to give an overview of FI, explain and analyze FI technical aspects and its clinical applications in ablation therapy and interventional oncology.
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