Image guidance improves localization of sonographically occult colorectal liver metastases

Universe Leung; Amber L. Simpson; Lauryn B. Adams; William R. Jarnagin; Michael I. Miga; T. Peter Kingham

doi:10.1117/12.2082949

18 March 2015 Image guidance improves localization of sonographically occult colorectal liver metastases

Universe Leung, Amber L. Simpson, Lauryn B. Adams, William R. Jarnagin, Michael I. Miga, T. Peter Kingham

Proceedings Volume 9415, Medical Imaging 2015: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling; 94151L (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2082949
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2015, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Assessing the therapeutic benefit of surgical navigation systems is a challenging problem in image-guided surgery. The exact clinical indications for patients that may benefit from these systems is not always clear, particularly for abdominal surgery where image-guidance systems have failed to take hold in the same way as orthopedic and neurosurgical applications. We report interim analysis of a prospective clinical trial for localizing small colorectal liver metastases using the Explorer system (Path Finder Technologies, Nashville, TN). Colorectal liver metastases are small lesions that can be difficult to identify with conventional intraoperative ultrasound due to echogeneity changes in the liver as a result of chemotherapy and other preoperative treatments. Interim analysis with eighteen patients shows that 9 of 15 (60%) of these occult lesions could be detected with image guidance. Image guidance changed intraoperative management in 3 (17%) cases. These results suggest that image guidance is a promising tool for localization of small occult liver metastases and that the indications for image-guided surgery are expanding.

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Universe Leung, Amber L. Simpson, Lauryn B. Adams, William R. Jarnagin, Michael I. Miga, and T. Peter Kingham "Image guidance improves localization of sonographically occult colorectal liver metastases", Proc. SPIE 9415, Medical Imaging 2015: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 94151L (18 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2082949

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