A comparative study on validation of a novel cooled-wet electrode for radiofrequency liver ablation

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 438-444

  Miao, Yi ^a,b   Ni, Yicheng ^a   Yu, Jie ^a   Marchal, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Experiment; Interventional procedure; Liver; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IOHEXOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODE; IMPEDANCE; LIVER; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0033938088     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-200007000-00007     Document Type: Article

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