Imaging of interstitial cryotherapy - An in vitro comparison of ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging

Cryobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 250-259

  Tacke, Josef ^a   Speetzen, Ralf ^a   Heschel, Ingo ^a   Hunter, David W ^b   Rau, Günter ^a   Günther, Rolf W ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Cryosurgery; Cryotherapy; Magnetic resonance tomography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; CRYOTHERAPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032771607     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1999.2168     Document Type: Article

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