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Innovation Meets Portability. Indeed. The next step in confident diagnosis with excellent image performance. Alpinion Medical Deutschland GmbH Lilienthal Str. 17a, 85399 Hallbergmoos www.alpinion.de info@alpinion.de Premiere at MedicaHall 9 C60 MONDAY @ MEDICA 7 EH @ MEDICA No 1 2015 aging and more… Fusion imaging and real- time 3-D needle tracking Three rooms are equipped for inter- ventional radiology at the University Hospital of Strasbourg in France and, according to the department chair- man Afshin Gangi MD, ‘They are packed with patients, completely full, because we are asked to do so many interventions. ‘The majority of our cases are for biopsies, but patients are lined up for ablations, as well.’ When the upgraded needle-track- ing capability arrived for the Aplio Platinum system, ‘it was like adding a fourth room for biopsies and inter- ventions,’ he said. ‘Once I have the image fusion and know where the tumour is situated, I can do the inter- vention anywhere I can correctly posi- tion a patient. With the Toshiba Aplio platform, I don’t have to wait for the CT or the MR room to be open.’ Additionally, Gangi pointed out, ‘The needle-tracking function is excellent, giving an ability to truly project the path for the needle into the lesion, and then keeping operat- ing clinicians on-track, even in places where the actual needle cannot be visualised by ultrasound because of the bone structures or body fat. ‘The system shows exactly where the tip of that needle is and, even better, tells me if I am too high or too low. We can achieve far greater precision during biopsies now – more precise every time. With the help of image fusion and needle navigation we can now use ultrasound guidance for applications we would never have considered before, such as those of the bone or the chest wall.’ The ease-of-use and accuracy of the enhanced image fusion software has also affected clinical routine and accelerated patient throughput, Gangi explained: ‘Today the tech- nicians can do this so that when the interventionalist comes into the room, it’s done. This saves a lot of time, and I can tell you this is very important for us.’ 50-year-old patient has Hepatitis C and histologically confirmed stage three fibrosis. Shear-wave propagation on the left image. The ROI is determined within the area outside the vessels, which is free of artefacts and is simultaneously visualised on the B-image on the right to standardise the measurement Source:ThomasFischer metastasis: Smart Fusion allows the ich would not have been possible mely precise depth control even after Afshin Gangi MD, is head of the department of Interventional Radiology at the Hospital of Strasbourg in France. He was educated at the International French School of Teheran, and graduated in 1980. During that summer he entered medical school at the University of Reims, in France, and gained his degree in 1987. He began his residency in Strasbourg in 1987, first in the intensive care unit of pneumology where he became excited about imaging and moved to the imaging department. Toshiba is at Medica Hall 9 / D05 EH @ MEDICA No 12015

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