A novel 'cooled-wet' electrode for radiofrequency ablation

European Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 852-854

  Ni, Y ^a   Miao, Y ^a,b   Mulier, S ^a   Yu, J ^a   Baert, A L ^a   Marchal, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrode; Interventional procedure; Liver; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODE; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; COLD; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIVER; NECROSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034070791     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300051018     Document Type: Article

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