Thermal lesion conspicuity following interstitial radiofrequency thermal tumor ablation in humans: A comparison of STIR, turbo spin-echo T2-weighted, and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted MR images at 0.2 T

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 584-589

  Aschoff, Andrik J ^a,c   Rafie, Niusha ^a   Jesberger, John A ^a   Duerk, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Lewin, Jonathan S ^a,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Interstitial thermotherapy; Intervention; Liver; MRI; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EDEMA; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0033814469     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2586(200010)12:4<584::AID-JMRI10>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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