Surgical resection of hepatic tumours is not always possible. Alternative techniques consist in locally using chemical or physical agents to destroy the tumour and this may be performed percutaneously. It requires a precise localisation of the tumour placement during ablation. Computer-assisted surgery tools may be used in conjunction to these new ablation techniques to improve the therapeutic efficiency whilst benefiting from minimal invasiveness. This communication introduces the principles of a system for computer-assisted hepatic tumour ablation.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0606204,
title = {Computer-aided hepatic tumour ablation},
author = {David Voirin and Yohan Payan and Miriam Amavizca and Antoine Leroy and Christian Letoublon and Jocelyne Troccaz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0606204},
year = {2007}
}