A web-based and user friendly planning tool to predict outcome for percutaneous microwave ablation of liver tumors including validation of the simulation model

Aims and objectives: The aim of our study was to develop and validate a web-based planning tool to predict outcome for percutaneous image-guided microwave ablation for liver tumors. Methods and materials: A web-based environment including a viewer and image segmentation and registration tools was developed. A simulation model was incorporated. Pseudo-anonymized scans of microwave procedures were used to validate the performance of the developed simulation model. First, the pre-interventional CT was uploaded and the liver and tumor were semi-automatically segmented. Next, intra-operative scans were uploaded and r…