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Image-guided Laser Ablation

  • Describes the technical aspects of laser applications to tissue ablation
  • Explores the possible medical applications in tissue ablation
  • Provides the latest evidence on image-guided laser ablation

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. History of Laser Ablation

    • Claudio Maurizio Pacella, Giovanni Mauri
    Pages 1-5
  3. Physical Principles of Laser Ablation

    • Claudio Maurizio Pacella, Luca Breschi, Daria Bottacci, Leonardo Masotti
    Pages 7-18
  4. Experimental Data and Clinical Studies of Laser Ablation

    • Claudio Maurizio Pacella, Tian’an Jiang
    Pages 19-30
  5. Liver Tumors Laser Ablation

    • Giovan Giuseppe Di Costanzo, Raffaella Tortora, Marco Guarracino, Maria Mattera, Tian’an Jiang, Claudio Maurizio Pacella
    Pages 31-44
  6. Retroperitoneal and Abdominal Lesions Laser Ablation

    • Giovanni Mauri, Tian’an Jiang, Qiyu Zhao, Weilu Chai
    Pages 45-54
  7. Kidney Tumors Laser Ablation

    • Sergio Sartori, Paola Tombesi, Francesca Di Vece, Claudio Maurizio Pacella, Qiyu Zhao, Giovanni Mauri
    Pages 55-60
  8. Benign Thyroid Nodule Laser Ablation

    • Enrico Papini, Rinaldo Guglielmi, Agnese Persichetti, Claudio Maurizio Pacella
    Pages 61-73
  9. Laser Ablation of Thyroid Cancer and Metastatic Lymph Nodes

    • Tian’an Jiang, Luigi Solbiati, Weiwei Zhan, Giovanni Mauri
    Pages 75-81
  10. Parathyroid Diseases Laser Ablation

    • Tian’an Jiang, Luigi Solbiati, Weiwei Zhan, Giovanni Mauri
    Pages 83-87
  11. Breast Tumor Laser Ablation

    • Guglielmo Manenti, Giovanni Mauri, Tommaso Perretta, Rosaria Meucci
    Pages 89-97
  12. Pancreas Tumors Laser Ablation

    • Tian’an Jiang, Ping Liang, Jie Yu
    Pages 99-106
  13. Lung Tumors Laser Ablation

    • Tian’an Jiang, Qiyu Zhao
    Pages 107-115
  14. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Prostate Cancer Laser Ablation

    • Claudio Maurizio Pacella, Giovanni Mauri, Guglielmo Manenti, Tommaso Perretta, Gianluigi Patelli
    Pages 117-134
  15. Liver Neuroendocrine Metastases Laser Ablation

    • Sergio Sartori, Francesca Di Vece, Paola Tombesi, Claudio Maurizio Pacella
    Pages 135-143
  16. New Horizons for Laser Ablation: Nanomedicine, Thermometry, and Hyperthermal Treatment Planning Tools

    • Paola Saccomandi, Emiliano Schena, Claudio Maurizio Pacella
    Pages 145-151
  17. Future Perspectives and Clinical Applications

    • Claudio Maurizio Pacella, Giovanni Mauri, Luca Breschi, Tian’an Jiang
    Pages 153-160

About this book

This book offers a comprehensive guide to the technical basis of laser ablation, describing and reporting in detail on the latest findings. The world of medicine is currently working to reduce the invasiveness of treatment, in order to improve patients’ quality of life. Image-guided ablations are rapidly becoming an effective alternative to several surgical treatments. Among the many techniques available for ablation, laser is still not widely used, though its efficacy has been amply demonstrated. The scientific community is now showing a growing interest in laser techniques for image-guided ablations, and many physicians are willing to start using lasers in their clinical practice.

The book is divided into 16 chapters, including historical notes, technical aspects, outcomes of ex-vivo experiments, and results of the application of this technique in various clinical scenarios. It will be of great interest to a broad range of physicians (interventional radiologists, surgeons, gastroenterologists, endocrinologists, urologists), from less experienced trainees to expert physicians who want to introduce a novel clinical practice.



Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Interventional Radiology, Ospedale Regina Apostolorum, Albano Laziale, Rome, Italy

    Claudio Maurizio Pacella

  • Department of Ultrasound, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Tian'an Jiang

  • Division of Interventional Radiology, European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milan, Italy

    Giovanni Mauri

About the editors

Dr. Pacella graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Rome in 1973, followed by a 3-year residency in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at Umberto I Hospital of Rome University “La Sapienza.” He then joined the Radiology Service at Regina Apostolorum Hospital in Albano Laziale, Rome, as Assistant Director. From 1980 to 1984 he completed a residency at the Department of Radiation Therapy/Oncology at the “Agostino Gemelli” Hospital of the “Sacro Cuore” Catholic University of Rome. Since 1996 he has been Chief of the Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging at the “Regina Apostolorum” Hospital. He has published 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals and is the author or co-author of 15 book chapters, commentaries and reviews. He has presented more than 200 papers at national/international conferences.

Prof. Tian’an Jiang received his MD from Shanghai Medical University in 1993, and completed his PhD at Zhejiang University in 2004. In 2005 hebecame Chief Physician at the Ultrasonic Medicine Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University. In 2013, he became Deputy Leader for the Interventional Group of the Ultrasonic Branch of the CMA (Chinese Medical Association). In 2017, he was appointed Director of the Ultrasonic Medicine Department and Deputy Director of the Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Intervention Center at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University. He is currently Chairman of the Ultrasonic Branch of the CMA for Zhejiang Province. On the basis of experimental studies, Prof. Jiang has published 28 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He is the editor-in-chief of 3 books, deputy editor-in-chief of 4 books, and co-editor of 20 books. He has presented more than 100 papers at national/international conferences and serves on the editorial board of numerous peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Mauri graduated from the University of Milan School of Medicine in 2007 and completed hisBoard Certification in Radiology at the same university in 2012. In 2010 he had a 6-month fellowship in Interventional Radiology at St George’s Hospital, University of London, and another 6-month research fellowship in Interventional Radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston in 2011. He worked as a Consultant Radiologist at IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, General Hospital of Busto Arsizio, and currently works as an Interventional Radiologist at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan. Dr. Mauri has published 101 papers in peer-reviewed journals and is the coauthor of five book chapters. He has presented more than 100 papers at national/international conferences and serves on the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed journals. His clinical activities and research are focused on several radiologic subspecialties, including interventional oncology, vascular interventional procedures, biliary interventional procedures, and CT and US guided procedures. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Image-guided Laser Ablation

  • Editors: Claudio Maurizio Pacella, Tian'an Jiang, Giovanni Mauri

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21748-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21747-1Published: 18 October 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21750-1Published: 18 October 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-21748-8Published: 28 September 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 160

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 60 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Interventional Radiology, Oncology, Surgery

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