Radiation dose and quickness of needle CT-interventions using a laser navigation system (LNS) compared with conventional method》.pdf

European Journal of Radiology 84 (2015) 1976–1980 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect European Journal of Radiology j o u r na l h o me p ag e: w w w. elsev /locate/ejr ad Radiation dose and quickness of needle CT-interventions using a laser navigation system (LNS) compared with conventional method T. Gruber-Rouh a,∗ , B. Schulz a , K. Eichler a , Nagy N.N. Naguib a,b , T.J. Vogl a , S. Zangos a a Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany b Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyse the radiation dose and quickness of needle interventions Received 27 April 2015 using a Laser Navigation System (LNS-group) compared with conventional method (control-group). Received in revised form 28 June 2015 Materials and methods: In this prospective, randomized, comparative study 58 patients (19 females, 39 Accepted 1 July 2015 males; mean age, 62.9 years) were punctured either with LNS (n = 29) or with conventional method with a skin mark of the puncture site (n = 29). In the LNS method the puncture site was marked with laser without Keywords: additional CT. Thoracic and abdominal intervention was performed in 30 and 28 patients, respectively. Laser navigation system