Image-guided tumor ablation: Proposal for standardization of terms and reporting criteria

Radiology

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 335-345

  Goldberg, S Nahum ^a   Charboneau, J William ^m   Dodd III, Gerald D ^b   Dupuy, Damian E ^c   Gervais, Debra A ^d   Gillams, Alice R ^e   Kane, Robert A ^a   Lee Jr , Fred T ^f   Livraghi, Tito ^g   McGahan, John P ^h   Rhim, Hyunchul ⁱ   Silverman, Stuart G ^j   Solbiati, Luigi ^k   Vogl, Thomas J ^m   Wood, Bradford J ^l  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^j BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k Ospedale Generale   (Italy)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^m NONE

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Author keywords

Radiofrequency (RF) ablation; Radiology and radiologists; Review

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LASER SURGERY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LASERS; MICROWAVES; NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TERMINOLOGY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0041842492     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2282021787     Document Type: Review

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