Image-guided Radiofrequency Tumor Ablation: Challenges and Opportunities—Part I

摘要: PERCUTANEOUS image-guided ablation with use of radiofrequency (RF) or other thermal energy sources such as microwave, high-intensity focused ultrasonography (US), cryotherapy, and laser have recently received much attention minimally invasive strategies for the local treatment solid malignancies (1–4). In first part this review, we provided a brief synopsis current RF techniques reviewed basic principles challenges facing successful implementation technology (5). second will describe some many opportunities that affords in an overview potential clinical applications. The organ systems discussed, liver, bone, lung, kidney, are those currently receiving greatest amount from interventional radiologists. However, additional applications likely to emerge over course next several years. CLINICAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR TUMOR ABLATION