Percutaneous treatment of small hepatic tumors by an expandable RF needle electrode

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1015-1022

  Rossi, S ^a   Buscarini, E ^a   Garbagnati, F ^b   Di Stasi, M ^a   Quaretti, P ^a   Rago, M ^a   Zangrandi, A ^a   Andreola, S ^b   Silverman, D ^c   Buscarini, L ^a  

^a Hospital of Piacenza   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c Radiofrequency Interstitial T   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL THERMAL ABLATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 0031922032     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.4.9530052     Document Type: Article

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