OBJECTIVE: Radiofrequency ablation is emerging as a therapeutic technique for the treatment of an increasing variety of tumors. Exact visual guidance to the tumor and controlled delivery of energy is pivotal for ablation success. CONCLUSION: Introducing MRI as a guidance technique ideally uses tumor-specific tissue characteristics, allows direct multiplanar reconstruction for precise needle positioning, and permits real-time monitoring and assessment of treatment-induced tissue signal changes to increase the safety of the procedure.
OBJECTIVE: Radiofrequency ablation is emerging as a therapeutic technique for the treatment of an increasing variety of tumors. Exact visual guidance to the tumor and controlled delivery of energy is pivotal for ablation success. CONCLUSION: Introducing MRI as a guidance technique ideally uses tumor-specific tissue characteristics, allows direct multiplanar reconstruction for precise needle positioning, and permits real-time monitoring and assessment of treatment-induced tissue signal changes to increase the safety of the procedure.
Authors: S Stacchiotti; A Gronchi; P Fossati; T Akiyama; C Alapetite; M Baumann; J Y Blay; S Bolle; S Boriani; P Bruzzi; R Capanna; A Caraceni; R Casadei; V Colia; J Debus; T Delaney; A Desai; P Dileo; S Dijkstra; F Doglietto; A Flanagan; S Froelich; P A Gardner; H Gelderblom; Z L Gokaslan; R Haas; C Heery; N Hindi; P Hohenberger; F Hornicek; R Imai; L Jeys; R L Jones; B Kasper; A Kawai; M Krengli; A Leithner; I Logowska; J Martin Broto; D Mazzatenta; C Morosi; P Nicolai; O J Norum; S Patel; N Penel; P Picci; S Pilotti; S Radaelli; F Ricchini; P Rutkowski; S Scheipl; C Sen; E Tamborini; K A Thornton; B Timmermann; V Torri; P U Tunn; M Uhl; Y Yamada; D C Weber; D Vanel; P P Varga; C L A Vleggeert-Lankamp; P G Casali; J Sommer Journal: Ann Oncol Date: 2017-06-01 Impact factor: 32.976