MICROWAVE ABLATION PLANNING AND PROCEDURE SYSTEMS

摘要

Disclosed are systems for performing a microwave ablation procedure comprising an ablation probe, an electromagnetic tracking system configured to track the location of the ablation probe inside a patient's body while the ablation probe is navigated inside the patient's body, an ultrasound imager configured to generate real-time ultrasound images, and a computing device configured to display guidance for navigating the ablation probe to at least one ablation target within the patient's body, display the tracked location of the ablation probe on the real-time ultrasound images based on the tracked location of the ablation probe inside the patient's body, iteratively update the displayed location of the ablation probe as the location of the ablation probe is tracked while the ablation probe is navigated inside the patient's body, and display guidance for ablating the at least one target when the ablation probe is navigated proximate to the at least one target.

主权项

1. A system for performing a microwave ablation procedure, the system comprising:
an ablation probe; an electromagnetic tracking system configured to track the location of the ablation probe inside a patient's body by using at least one electromagnetic sensor located on the ablation probe while the ablation probe is navigated inside the patient's body; an ultrasound imager configured to generate real-time ultrasound images; and a computing device including a processor and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to:
display guidance for navigating the ablation probe to at least one ablation target within the patient's body;display the tracked location of the ablation probe on the real-time ultrasound images based on the tracked location of the ablation probe inside the patient's body;iteratively update the displayed location of the ablation probe as the location of the ablation probe is tracked while the ablation probe is navigated inside the patient's body; anddisplay guidance for ablating the at least one target when the ablation probe is navigated proximate to the at least one target.