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During percutaneous ablations, interventionalists currently rely on subjective assessments of procedural images to determine if the ablation is successful and the extent of injury to the surrounding tissues. In order to provide an objective assessment of these images, we developed a unified software package for monitoring MRI-guided cryoablation in real-time. We assessed its feasibility and functionality within the workflow of renal tumor cryoablation procedures using images from 13 MRI-guided renal tumor cryoablation procedures. This retrospective study demonstrated that the software package met the real-time requirements with 92 % success. We were therefore able to develop a comprehensive, real-time, interventionalist-friendly software package for quantitative monitoring of MRI-guided percutaneous cryoablation procedures, which aides in the assessment of tumor eradication and is compatible with the clinical workflow of these procedure. This tool has the potential to minimize damage to surrounding parenchyma and nearby critical structures, thereby enhancing patient safety and treatment success.
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Scalera, J., Liu, X., Zientara, G.P., Tuncali, K. (2016). From Subjective to Objective: Quantitative Computerized Monitoring Tool for MRI-guided Cryoablation. In: Oyarzun Laura, C., et al. Clinical Image-Based Procedures. Translational Research in Medical Imaging. CLIP 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9401. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31808-0_11
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