title: C-arm cone beam computed tomographic needle path overlay for fluoroscopic-guided placement of translumbar central venous catheters.
abstract: C-arm cone beam computed tomography is an advanced 3D imaging technology that is currently available on state-of-the-art flat-panel-based angiography systems. The overlay of cross-sectional imaging information can now be integrated with real-time fluoroscopy. This overlay technology was used to guide the placement of three percutaneous translumbar inferior vena cava catheters.
authors.affiliation: Division of Diagnostic Radiology, Section of Interventional Radiology, Unit 325, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA. alda.tam@di.mdacc.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Alda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tam
authors.forename: Ashraf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pfister
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rohm
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000379:methods*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*