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01-06-2015 | Review

Impact of 3D Rotational Angiography on Liver Embolization Procedures: Review of Technique and Applications

Authors: Pierleone Lucatelli, Mario Corona, Renato Argirò, Michele Anzidei, Giulio Vallati, Fabrizio Fanelli, Mario Bezzi, Carlo Catalano

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 3/2015

Abstract

In the last years, the interest into interventional applications of C-arm cone-beam CT (CBCT) progressively raised, widening its clinical application from the original field of interventional neuroradiology to the field of peripheral procedures. Liver embolization procedures, due to their complexity and potential treatment-related life-threatening complications, represent one of the main clinical applications of this novel angiographic technique. CBCT has been demonstrated to render procedures safer and technically easier, and to predict outcome as well as to avoid major complications in different treatment scenarios (trans-arterial embolization, trans-arterial chemoembolization, selective internal radiation therapy, percutaneous portal vein embolization). This review summarizes all technical, dosimetric and procedural aspects of CBCT techniques, underlying all its potential clinical advantages in the field of liver embolization procedures. Moreover, the paper provides all the instructions to obtain the best diagnostic performance out of this novel angiographic technique.

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Title: Impact of 3D Rotational Angiography on Liver Embolization Procedures: Review of Technique and Applications
Authors: Pierleone Lucatelli
Mario Corona
Renato Argirò
Michele Anzidei
Giulio Vallati
Fabrizio Fanelli
Mario Bezzi
Carlo Catalano
Publication date: 01-06-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 3/2015
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-014-1023-x

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