Minimally invasive image-guided interventions

In recent decades, image-guided interventions have become daily routine in radiology departments worldwide. Radiologists and clinicians alike clearly see the advantages of image-guided interventions, as it is minimally invasive, well tolerated by patients and has shown to have a low level of complications. 

LITT is a widely used technique for minimally invasive tumor ablation throughout the body with a main focus on liver metastases. Palliative treatment options for recurrent head and neck cancer are limited by the proximity of vital vascular and neural structures and the aggressive nature of these tumors. A minimally invasive treatment modality such as interventional MR-guided LITT offers a number of potential treatment benefits. First, MR imaging provides unparalleled topographic accuracy due to its excellent soft-tissue contrast and high spatial resolution. Secondly, the temperature sensitivity of the Thermo-TurboFLASH and FLASH-2D sequences can be used to monitor the temperature elevation in the tumor and surrounding normal... 

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