Computer-aided hepatic tumour ablation

David Voirin (1) , Yohan Payan (2) , Miriam Amavizca (1) , Antoine Leroy (1) , Christian Letoublon (1) , Jocelyne Troccaz (1)

1 TIMC-IMAG - Techniques de l'Ingénierie Médicale et de la Complexité - Informatique, Mathématiques et Applications, Grenoble - UMR 5525
2 TIMC-IMAG-GMCAO - Gestes Medico-chirurgicaux Assistés par Ordinateur

Surgical resection of hepatic tumours is not always possible. Alternative techniques consist in locally using chemical or physical agents to destroy the tumour and this may be performed percutaneously. It requires a precise localisation of the tumour placement during ablation. Computer-assisted surgery tools may be used in conjunction to these new ablation techniques to improve the therapeutic efficiency whilst benefiting from minimal invasiveness. This communication introduces the principles of a system for computer-assisted hepatic tumour ablation.

Mots clés: computer aided surgery; hepatic tumour ablation

Domaines: Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]; Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]; Imagerie

David Voirin, Yohan Payan, Miriam Amavizca, Antoine Leroy, Christian Letoublon, et al.. Computer-aided hepatic tumour ablation. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2001, 2208, pp.1145-1146. ⟨hal-00081958⟩