Reliability in percutaneous tumour ablation, Innsbruck/AT, December 12-13, 2024 (original) (raw)

Thursday, December 12, 2024

08:00-08:30 Registration

08:30-08:45 Opening – course objectives and schedule

08:45-10:15 Advances in image-guided tumour ablation

Electromagnetic navigation systems
Sononavigation
Cone beam CT – guidance
Stereotactic MWA
Stereotactic RFA
Robotics
Image fusion for immediate treatment evaluation
Reliability in thermal ablation

10:15-10:45 Coffee break

10:45-11:00 Introduction to workshops

11:00-13:30 Hands-on device training I

Patient mounted needle guidance device
Robotics I
Stereotaxy
Electromagnetic navigation
Robotics II
Image fusion training
Ultrasound guidance with image fusion I
Robotics III
Cone beam CT – Robotics

13:30-14:30 Lunch

14:30-16:30 Hands-on device training II

Patient mounted needle guidance device
Robotics I
Stereotaxy
Electromagnetic navigation
Robotics II
Image fusion training
Ultrasound guidance with image fusion I
Robotics III
Cone beam CT – Robotics

Friday, December 13, 2024

08:30-08:40 Collision trials

08:40-09:40 Cases from the Innsbruck University Clinic

09:40-10:00 Working coffee break

10:00-11:00 Interactive recorded case discussion: Stereotactic radiofrequency ablation

11:00-12:00 Presentation: Devices & technologies – What’s new?

12:00-12:30 Lunch

12:30-14:10 Cases in which I appreciated having a sophisticated tool

Case 1: Stereotaxy
Case 2: Robot assisted ablation
Case 3: Electromagnetic navigation
Case 4: IRE
Case 5: Clinical application of augmented reality
Case 6: Intra-arterial CE-CT for thermal ablation
Case 7: Cone beam CT-guided ablation
Case 8: Robot assisted ablation
Case 9: PET fusion
Case 10: Image fusion

14:10-14:40 Discussion: Future of ablation

Interventional oncology from the oncologist’s point of view
Interventional oncology from the surgeon’s point of view
Navigation systems under development

14:40-15:00 Summary and final remarks