Experimental evaluation of accuracy of radiofrequency ablation using conventional ultrasound or a third-dimension navigation tool

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 387, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 303-308

  Stippel, Dirk L ^a   Böhm, Sebastian ^a   Beckurts, K Tobias E ^a   Brochhagen, Hans G ^a   Hölscher, Arnulf H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Radiofrequency ablation; Three dimensional navigation; Tumor mimic; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; LIVER TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR MODEL;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0036942408     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-002-0315-9     Document Type: Article

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