A software tool for advanced MRgFUS prostate therapy planning and follow up

Autor: J.J. Fütterer, Martijn Hoogenboom, Jumana Al Issawi, Dörte van Straaten, Florian Weiler, Jürgen Jenne, Martinus J. van Amerongen, Matthias Günther
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: AIP Conference Proceedings.
ISSN: 0094-243X
Popis: US guided HIFU/FUS ablation for the therapy of prostate cancer is a clinical established method, while MR guided HIFU/FUS applications for prostate recently started clinical evaluation. Even if MRI examination is an excellent diagnostic tool for prostate cancer, it is a time consuming procedure and not practicable within an MRgFUS therapy session. The aim of our ongoing work is to develop software to support therapy planning and post-therapy follow-up for MRgFUS on localized prostate cancer, based on multi-parametric MR protocols.The clinical workflow of diagnosis, therapy and follow-up of MR guided FUS on prostate cancer was deeply analyzed. Based on this, the image processing workflow was designed and all necessary components, e.g. GUI, viewer, registration tools etc. were defined and implemented. The software bases on MeVisLab with several implemented C++ modules for the image processing tasks.The developed software, called LTC (Local Therapy Control) will register and visualize automatically all image...
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