18th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS'05)
Radio Frequency Ablation Registration, Segmentation, and Fusion Tool
Dublin, Ireland
June 23-June 24
ISBN: 0-7695-2355-2
The Radio Frequency Ablation Segmentation Tool (RFAST) is a software application developed using NIH?s Medical Image Processing Analysis and Visualization (MIPAV) API for the specific purpose of assisting physicians in the planning of radio frequency ablation (RFA) procedures. The RFAST application sequentially leads the physician through the steps necessary to register, fuse, segment, visualize and plan the RFA treatment. Three-dimensional volume visualization of the CT dataset with segmented 3D surface models enables the physician to interactively position the ablation probe to simulate burns and to semi-manually simulate sphere packing in an attempt to optimize probe placement.
Citation:
Evan S. McCreedy, Ruida Cheng, Paul F. Hemler, Anand Viswanathan, Brad J. Wood, Matthew J. McAuliffe, "Radio Frequency Ablation Registration, Segmentation, and Fusion Tool," cbms, pp.259-264, 18th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS'05), 2005