CT- and MR-Guided Interventions in Radiology

This completely revised and extended third edition guides through an extended range of CT- or MR-guided procedures, including a comprehensive section on interventional oncology as the most rapidly growing segment in Interventional Radiology (IR).

IR has become a rapidly growing area of modern medicine, delivering minimally invasive patient-focused care. Its broad variety of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures became an indispensable part of modern medicine. Cross-sectional imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) paved the way for the rapid evolution of non-vascular interventions including percutaneous biopsy, drainage, ablation and neurolysis, with an ever-growing range of applications and indications.

A particular focus is set on clinical practice - featuring also patient care and assistance on how to build an interventional service - as well as on the most recent trends in robotics and artificial intelligence for non-vascular IR.

This book represents a most valuable source of information including step-by-step instructions for the radiologist dealing with all kinds of non-vascular procedures.

Part I Basics. - Pre- and post-interventional imaging. - Hygienics in CT- and MR-guided procedures. - CT-guided interventions. - MR-guided interventions. - Radiation protection in CT-guided interventions. - Medical management of the patient. - Ways to the target. - Navigated interventions. - Robotics in IR. - Artificial intelligence in IR. - Special considerations of image-guided interventions in pediatric patients. - Part II Diagnostic interventions. - Biopsy. - MR-guided breast interventions. - Drainage. - Localization techniques. - Part III Therapeutic interventions. - Interventional oncology. - Interventional pain management. - Muskulo-skeletal interventions. - Special techniques. - Part IV Clinical practice management in interventional radiology. - Part V Organization in interventional radiology. - Quality management in interventional radiology. - Cost effectiveness in interventional radiology. - Building an interventional radiology department. - Teaching & training in interventional radiology.