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Emerging technologies for image guidance and device navigation in interventional radiology
Author(s) -
Kagadis George C.,
Katsanos Konstantinos,
Karnabatidis Dimitris,
Loudos George,
Nikiforidis George C.,
Hendee William R.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.4747343
Subject(s) - computer science , modalities , artificial intelligence , robot , robotics , image registration , computer vision , medical physics , human–computer interaction , medicine , image (mathematics) , social science , sociology
Recent developments in image‐guidance and device navigation, along with emerging robotic technologies, are rapidly transforming the landscape of interventional radiology (IR). Future state‐of‐the‐art IR procedures may include real‐time three‐dimensional imaging that is capable of visualizing the target organ, interventional tools, and surrounding anatomy with high spatial and temporal resolution. Remote device actuation is becoming a reality with the introduction of novel magnetic‐field enabled instruments and remote robotic steering systems. Robots offer several degrees of freedom and unprecedented accuracy, stability, and dexterity during device navigation, propulsion, and actuation. Optimization of tracking and navigation of interventional tools inside the human body will be critical in converting IR suites into the minimally invasive operating theaters of the future with increased safety and unsurpassed therapeutic efficacy. In the not too distant future, individual image guidance modalities and device tracking methods could merge into autonomous, multimodality, multiparametric platforms that offer real‐time data of anatomy, morphology, function, and metabolism along with on‐the‐fly computational modeling and remote robotic actuation. The authors provide a concise overview of the latest developments in image guidance and device navigation, while critically envisioning what the future might hold for 2020 IR procedures.