© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Leonard Berliner and Heinz U. Lemke (eds.)An Information Technology Framework for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised MedicineAdvances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine810.1007/978-3-319-12166-6_9 9. Minimally Invasive Therapies for Hepatocellular Cancer: Ablation…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Leonard Berliner and Heinz U. Lemke (eds.)An Information Technology Framework for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised MedicineAdvances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine810.1007/978-3-319-12166-6_8 8. Minimally Invasive Therapies for Hepatocellular Cancer: Ablation…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Leonard Berliner and Heinz U. Lemke (eds.)An Information Technology Framework for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised MedicineAdvances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine810.1007/978-3-319-12166-6_7 7. Surgical Treatment for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Smruti Mohanty1, 2 ,…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Leonard Berliner and Heinz U. Lemke (eds.)An Information Technology Framework for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised MedicineAdvances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine810.1007/978-3-319-12166-6_1 1. Introduction Leonard Berliner1, 2 and Heinz U. Lemke3, 4 …
Clinical Task Radiological findings Preprocedural assessment (a) number and size of HCC nodules; (b) number and size of nodules considered at risk for neoplastic degeneration; (c) presence and extension of…
Fig. 6.1 The Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging system for Hepatocellular Carcinoma—revised 2011 [8] The current recommendations based on the BCLC Staging System include: 1. Patients who have a…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Leonard Berliner and Heinz U. Lemke (eds.)An Information Technology Framework for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised MedicineAdvances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine810.1007/978-3-319-12166-6_5 5. Imaging in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: PET/CT Giuseppe Esposito1 (1)…
. A monomer must have one or more reactive sites to form bonds with other monomers in order to prepare a polymer and may or may not be equivalent to…
Fig. 3.1 Intramolecular and Intermolecular forces in polymers for biomedical use Intra and Inter Polymer Molecular Interactions A correct understanding of many physical and chemical properties of polymeric materials is linked…
Polymer name Manufacturer Reason Cuprophan®, Hemophan® Membrana GmbH Loss of market share, alleged lack of biocompatibility Polycarbonate (PC) Gambro Only as flat sheet membrane available Cellulose acetate (CA) Cordis Dow…
