MR-guided laser thermoablation of inoperable renal tumors in an open- configuration interventional MR scanner: Preliminary clinical experience in three cases

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 545-549

  De Jode, Michael G ^a   Vale, Justin A ^a   Gedroyc, Wladyslaw M W ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorization; LITT; MRI; Open scanner; Renal tumors; Thermometry

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; THERMOMETRY; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; YAG LASER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LASER COAGULATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 0032852575     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2586(199910)10:4<545::AID-JMRI7>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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