Measurement of needle-tip bioimpedance to facilitate percutaneous access of the urinary and biliary systems: First assessment of an experimental system

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-94

  Roberts, William W ^a   Fugita, Oscar E ^a   Kavoussi, Louis R ^a   Stoianovici, Dan ^a   Solomon, Stephen B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical impedance; Gall bladder; Kidney; Percutaneous cholecystostomy; Percutaneous nephrostomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLBLADDER; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPEDANCE; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MEASUREMENT; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWINE; TECHNIQUE; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 0036158137     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-200202000-00007     Document Type: Article

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