Internally cooled power laser for MR-guided interstitial laser-induced thermotherapy of liver lesions: Initial clinical results

Radiology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 381-385

  Vogl, Thomas J ^a,c   Mack, Martin G ^a   Roggan, André ^b   Straub, Ralf ^a   Eichler, Katrin C ^a   Müller, Petra K ^a   Knappe, Vera ^b   Felix, Roland ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Laser und Medizin Technologie GmbH   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lasers, interstitial therapy; Liver neoplasms, secondary; Liver, interventional procedure; Liver, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), guidance; Magnetic resonance (MR), thermometry

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THERMOMETRY; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 0031728528     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.209.2.9807562     Document Type: Article

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