Welcome to a fascinating field of medical research! Welcome to this fourth edition of “Laser–
Tissue Interactions” which has meanwhile turned into the standard reference book at …

Background Primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and metastases from colorectal
cancer are the most common malignant liver tumours. Surgical resection is the optimum …

A wide range of local thermal ablative therapies have been developed in the treatment of
non resectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the last decade. Laser ablation (LA) and …

Four patients with inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma were treated with a magnetic
targeted carrier bound to doxorubicin (MTC-DOX) by using a joint magnetic resonance (MR) …

Purpose To assess whether there is a significant difference in the effect of incremental
changes of portal venous blood flow rates on the size of radiofrequency (RF) versus …

Purpose: To evaluate an augmented reality (AR) system in combination with a 1.5-T closed-
bore magnetic resonance (MR) imager as a navigation tool for needle biopsies. Materials …

Purpose To demonstrate and quantify the heat sink effect in hepatic microwave ablation
(MWA) in a standardized ex vivo model, and to analyze the influence of vessel distance and …

PURPOSE: To evaluate a treatment protocol with repeated transarterial chemoembolization
(TACE) before laser-induced thermotherapy (LITT) in patients with unresectable liver …

Abstract Background Laser Interstitial ThermoTherapy (LITT) is a well established surgical
method. The use of LITT is so far limited to homogeneous tissues, eg the liver. One of the …

Radiofrequency (RF) ablation is a recently developed technique for image-guided local
destruction of selected tumors. Because the lung is a common site for cancer and usually …