Design of a CT-based simulation and treatment planning system for microwave ablation of thyroid cancer
LI Chen
QIAN Zhiyu
TAO Ling
HUANG Yan
JIN Xiaofei
Abstract：In response to the preoperative planning requirements for microwave ablation of thyroid cancer,we developed a simula-tion planning system based on computed tomography(CT)images to assist the physician in formulating personalized treatment plans.The system adopted the MFC and VTK libraries to implement interface development and image processing,including five main mod-ules:image preprocessing,3D reconstruction,path planning,dynamic simulation and generation of preoperative plans.The system im-ported DICOM data to denoise,enhance and segment CT images,and provided doctors with an intuitive display of tumor location with the help of a 3D reconstruction model.The test results showed that this system could effectively assist the physician in delineating tumor boundaries,designing the optimal insertion path and planning safe ablation path,thereby improved the preoperative assessment and treatment accuracy of microwave ablation for thyroid cancer.This system has potential clinical application value in minimally invasive treatment of thyroid cancer and lays the foundation for the future combination of real-time navigation and deep learning technologies.
Keywords：Preoperative planning systemThree-dimensional reconstructionMicrowave ablation simulationSurgical path plan-ningThyroid cancer
Publication Date：2025-08-30
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-11(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 238-244 )