MR-guided microwave thermocoagulation therapy of liver tumors: Initial clinical experiences using a 0.5 T open MR system

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 576-583

  Morikawa, Shigehiro ^a   Inubushi, Toshiro ^a   Kurumi, Yoshimasa ^a   Naka, Shigeyuki ^a   Sato, Koichiro ^a   Tani, Tohru ^a   Yamamoto, Ikuo ^a   Fujimura, Masaki ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interstitial hyperthermia; Interventional MR; Microwave thermocoagulation; Real time MRI; Temperature mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOCOAGULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0036829002     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10198     Document Type: Article

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