Image-guided therapy (IGT) uses imaging to improve the
localization and targeting of diseased tissue and to monitor and
control treatments. During the past decade, image-guided surgeries
and image-guided minimally invasive interventions have emerged as
advances that can be used in place of traditional invasive
approaches. Advanced imaging technologies such as magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), and positron
emission tomography (PET) entered into operating rooms and
interventional suites to complement already-available routine
imaging devices like X-ray and ultrasound. At the same time,
navigational tools, computer-assisted surgery devices, and
image-guided robots also became part of the revolution in
interventional radiology suites and the operating room.
"Intraoperative Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy" explores the
fundamental, technical, and clinical aspects of state-of the-art
image-guided therapies. It presents the basic concepts of image
guidance, the technologies involved in therapy delivery, and the
special requirements for the design and construction of
image-guided operating rooms and interventional suites. It also
covers future developments such as molecular imaging-guided
surgeries and novel innovative therapies like MRI-guided focused
ultrasound surgery.
IGT is a multidisciplinary and multimodality field in which
teams of physicians, physicists, engineers, and computer scientists
collaborate in performing these interventions, an approach that is
reflected in the organization of the book. Contributing authors
include members of the National Center of Image-Guided Therapy
program at Brigham and Women s Hospital and international leaders
in the field of IGT.
The book includes coverage of these topics:
- Imaging methods, guidance technologies, and the therapy
delivery systems currently used or in development.
- Clinical applications for IGT in various specialties such as
neurosurgery, ear-nose-and-throat surgery, cardiovascular surgery,
endoscopies, and orthopedic procedures.
- Review and comparison of the clinical uses for IGT with
conventional methods in terms of invasiveness, effectiveness, and
outcome.
- Requirements for the design and construction of image-guided
operating rooms and interventional suites."
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