MICROWAVE ABLATION SYSTEM AND USER-CONTROLLED ABLATION SIZE AND METHOD OF USE
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method for enabling user preview and control of the size and shape of an electromagnetic energy field used in a surgical procedure. The disclosed system includes a selectively activatable source of microwave surgical energy in the range of about 900 mHz to about 5 gHz in operable communication with a graphical user interface and a database. The database is populated with data corresponding to the various surgical probes, such as microwave ablation antenna probes, that may include a probe identifier, the probe diameter, operational frequency of the probe, ablation length of the probe, ablation diameter of the probe, a temporal coefficient, a shape metric, and the like. The probe data is graphically presented on the graphical user interface where the surgeon may interactively view and select an appropriate surgical probe. Three-dimensional views of the probe(s) may be presented allowing the surgeon to interactively rotate the displayed image.
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21. A method for computer-assisted planning for a surgical ablation procedure, comprising the steps of:
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receiving patient image data; displaying at least one image based on the patient image data on a user interface; receiving an ablation shape selection user input; displaying a selected ablation shape on the user interface; and displaying at least one other ablation parameter related to the selected ablation shape on the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for computer-assisted planning for a surgical ablation procedure, comprising:
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a processor; and a display operably coupled to the processor and controllable by the processor to display a user interface including at least one image based on patient image data, a user selected ablation shape, and at least one other ablation parameter related to the user selected ablation shape. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer-readable medium storing a set of programmable instructions configured execution by at least one processor for performing a method for computer-assisted planning of a surgical ablation procedure, the instructions comprising the steps of:
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receiving patient image data; displaying a user interface including at least one image based on the patient image data; receiving an ablation shape selection user input; displaying a selected ablation shape on the user interface; and displaying at least one other ablation parameter related to the selected ablation shape on the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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