Interstitial laser thermotherapy: Developments in the treatment of small deep-seated brain tumors

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 568-572

  Menovsky, Thomas ^a,d   Beek, Johan F ^a   Roux, François X ^b   Bown, Stephen G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CH Sainte Anne ^*  (France)

^c National Medical Laser Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; laser surgery; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LASER; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TEMPERATURE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030560824     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(96)00227-3     Document Type: Article

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