Open AccessHepatic Arterial Embolization Using Cone Beam CT with Tumor Feeding Vessel Detection Software: Impact on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Response
Author(s) -
François Cornelis,
Alessandra Borgheresi,
Ele. Petre,
Ernesto Santos,
Stephen B. Solomon,
Karen T. Brown
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
cardiovascular radiology/cardiovascular and interventional radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 0342-7196
pISSN - 0174-1551
DOI - 10.1007/s00270-017-1758-2
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , univariate analysis , embolization , radiology , nuclear medicine , ultrasound , response evaluation criteria in solid tumors , multivariate analysis , toxicity , phases of clinical research
Dedicated tumor feeding vessel detection software (TFVDS) using cone beam CT has shown a higher sensitivity to detect tumor feeding vessels during hepatic arterial embolization (HAE) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) compared to 2D imaging. Our primary hypothesis was that HCC tumors treated with HAE guided by a TFVDS would show more complete response (CR) than when treated with 2D imaging alone. Secondary analysis of the impact on X-ray exposure was performed.