Saline-enhanced radiofrequency ablation of breast tissue: An in vitro feasibility study

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 149-157

  Böhm, Thomas ^a   Hilger, Ingrid ^a   Müller, Wolfgang ^b   Reichenbach, Jürgen R ^a   Fleck, Marlies ^a   Kaiser, Werner A ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Berchtold Medizinelektronik GmbH Co   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms, experimental; Breast neoplasms, therapy; Breast, in vitro study; Radiofrequency ablution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CATHETER ABLATION; GENERATOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0034040940     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-200003000-00001     Document Type: Article

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