Advancing Precision Care: GE HealthCare Introduces an Innovative Solution to Help Expand Interventional CT Access
GE HealthCare is further advancing its precision care strategy with CT-Navigation, which offers clinicians detailed, real-time, 3D computed tomography (CT) images for stereotactic needle guidance across an array of care areas, including interventional and oncological procedures as well as biopsies, ablations, drainage, therapeutics and more.
D. Filippiadis, G. Velonakis, A. Mazioti, A. Tsochatzis, T. Vrachliotis, A. Kelekis, N. Kelekis – Medicina
♦ Review of the system: description, intended use, procedure details, main benefits and clinical data
♦ CT-Navigation could be considered as a first option in the diagnosis and/or treatment of lesions in difficult locations, even if further studies are necessary
J. A. Gómez Patiño, S. Méndez Alonso, M. Alfageme, R. González Costero, A. García Suárez, J. González Plaza, V. Perdomo Suriel, M. L. Collado Torres – ECR 2020
♦ Retrospective, comparative study involving 120 patients
♦ The system demonstrated a very high diagnostic success rate
♦ Radiation exposure & needle insertion time were significantly lower in the navigation group
♦ The use of CT-Navigation is efficient, reliable & safe for lung biopsy compared to conventional CT guidance
M. Lanouzière, O. Varbedian, O. Chevallier, L. Griviau, K. Guillen, R. Popoff, S.-L. Aho-Glélé and R. Loffroy – Diagnostics
♦ Case review of seven patients: 4 biopsies (hepatic, pulmonary, retroperitoneal and osseous lesions) and 3 ablations (pulmonary, pancreatic and hepatic carcinomas)
♦ The system was easily operated, facilitated pre-procedure planing and displayed an accurate needle trajectory
♦ Benefits for ablations (higher accuracy, better targeting of small lesions) and biopsies (fewer CT controls) without significant post-procedure complications
Yadiel Sánchez, BA, Dmitry S. Trifanov, MD, Taj M. Kattapuram, MD, Haiyang Tao, MD, PhD, Anand M. Prabhakar, MD, MBA, Ronald S. Arellano, MD, Raul N. Uppot, MD – Journal of the American College of Radiology
♦ Prospective controlled multicenter study protocol (500 patients maximum)
♦ The aim is to assess the safety, efficacy and performance within the 2 patient groups
RC. Rouchy, A. Moreau-Gaudry, E. Chipon, S. Aubry, L. Pazart, B. Lapuyade, M. Durand, M. Hajjam, S. Pottier, B. Renard, R. Logier, X. Orry, A. Cherifi, E. Quehen, G. Kervio, O. Favelle, F. Patat, E. De Kerviler, C. Hughes, M. Medici, J. Ghelfi, A. Mounier & I. Bricault – Trials
♦ Prospective controlled study involving 120 patients
♦ Accuracy improved by a factor of 2 (when using the navigation system)
♦ Fewer acquisition scans: 2 vs 3 (when using the navigation system)