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Image‐guided techniques in renal and hepatic interventions
Author(s) -
Najmaei Nima,
Mostafavi Kamal,
Shahbazi Sahar,
Azizian Mahdi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the international journal of medical robotics and computer assisted surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.556
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1478-596X
pISSN - 1478-5951
DOI - 10.1002/rcs.1443
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , image fusion , modality (human–computer interaction) , image guided surgery , computer science , image quality , medical physics , visualization , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , medical imaging , radiology , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics) , psychiatry
Background Development of new imaging technologies and advances in computing power have enabled the physicians to perform medical interventions on the basis of high‐quality 3D and/or 4D visualization of the patient's organs. Preoperative imaging has been used for planning the surgery, whereas intraoperative imaging has been widely employed to provide visual feedback to a clinician when he or she is performing the procedure. In the past decade, such systems demonstrated great potential in image‐guided minimally invasive procedures on different organs, such as brain, heart, liver and kidneys. This article focuses on image‐guided interventions and surgery in renal and hepatic surgeries. Methods A comprehensive search of existing electronic databases was completed for the period of 2000–2011. Each contribution was assessed by the authors for relevance and inclusion. The contributions were categorized on the basis of the type of operation/intervention, imaging modality and specific techniques such as image fusion and augmented reality, and organ motion tracking. Results As a result, detailed classification and comparative study of various contributions in image‐guided renal and hepatic interventions are provided. In addition, the potential future directions have been sketched. Conclusion With a detailed review of the literature, potential future trends in development of image‐guided abdominal interventions are identified, namely, growing use of image fusion and augmented reality, computer‐assisted and/or robot‐assisted interventions, development of more accurate registration and navigation techniques, and growing applications of intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.