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Editorial
. 2023 Apr;307(2):e223276.
doi: 10.1148/radiol.223276. Epub 2023 Jan 31.

Automated Segmentation of CT-guided Ablation Margins in Colorectal Liver Metastases: How We Move Forward to a Standardization of Ablation Zone Assessment

Constantinos T Sofocleous  1
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Editorial

Automated Segmentation of CT-guided Ablation Margins in Colorectal Liver Metastases: How We Move Forward to a Standardization of Ablation Zone Assessment

Constantinos T Sofocleous. Radiology. 2023 Apr.
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Disclosures of conflicts of interest: C.T.S. Grants or contracts from National Cancer Institute–National Institutes of Health (R01240569-01), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Imaging and Radiation Sciences Program, Society of Interventional Oncology (SIO), Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), Sirtex, Boston Scientific, Ethicon, and Johnson & Johnson; consulting fees from Sirtex, Boston Scientific, Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, and Terumo; payment or honoraria from Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson, and Medtronic; meeting and/or travel support from Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson, and Terumo; director at large, SIO; international division councilor and executive council member, SIR.

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Dr Sofocleous is a professor of interventional radiology at Weill-Cornell Medical College and practices interventional oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He has extensive experience in image-guided therapies in cancer and is a clinical scientist with a focus on thelocal and local-regional treatment of colorectal metastatic disease, especially in the liver and lungs. His work is dedicated to the development, validation, and implementation of tissue and image biomarkers for assessment of treated colorectal hepatic metastases with thermal ablation and radioembolization. He has developed methods to assess the ablation zone and margins with the use of stereotactic software, real-time metabolic imaging, and dedicated immunohistochemical and fluorescent assays. Dr Sofocleous is the lead investigator in ongoing clinical trials assessing treatment effects of thermal ablation and radioembolization aiming to improve oncologic outcomes after image-guided therapies for colorectal hepatic metastases.
Dr Sofocleous is a professor of interventional radiology at Weill-Cornell Medical College and practices interventional oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He has extensive experience in image-guided therapies in cancer and is a clinical scientist with a focus on thelocal and local-regional treatment of colorectal metastatic disease, especially in the liver and lungs. His work is dedicated to the development, validation, and implementation of tissue and image biomarkers for assessment of treated colorectal hepatic metastases with thermal ablation and radioembolization. He has developed methods to assess the ablation zone and margins with the use of stereotactic software, real-time metabolic imaging, and dedicated immunohistochemical and fluorescent assays. Dr Sofocleous is the lead investigator in ongoing clinical trials assessing treatment effects of thermal ablation and radioembolization aiming to improve oncologic outcomes after image-guided therapies for colorectal hepatic metastases.
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