Eva Rothgang1,2, Wesley David Gilson2,
Joerg Roland3, Joachim Hornegger1, Christine H. Lorenz2
1Pattern Recognition Lab, Department of
Computer Science, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany; 2Center
for Applied Medical Imaging, Siemens Corporation, Corporate Research,
Baltimore, MD, United States; 3Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen,
Germany
Thermal
ablations are increasingly used for minimally invasive local treatment of
solid malignancies, supplementing systemic treatment strategies such as
chemotherapy and immunotherapy. We present an intuitive application for
monitoring thermal treatment independent of heating source, in real-time,
with multiplanar MRI. Systematic quality control of thermal maps is carried
out on-line to ensure reliability of the displayed thermal data. The application
is fully integrated into the Interactive Front End (IFE) which allows
real-time MRI-guided placement of the heating device. Thus, the presented
application supports the thermal ablation workflow from placing the ablation
device to online monitoring the progress of ablation.
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