Elastographic measurement of the area and volume of thermal lesions resulting from radiofrequency ablation: Pathologic correlation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 701-707

  Varghese, Tomy ^a   Techavipoo, Udomchai ^a,b   Liu, Wu ^a   Zagzebski, James A ^a   Chen, Quan ^a   Frank, Gary ^a   Lee Jr , Fred T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELASTOGRAPHY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LIVER DISEASE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; THERMAL INJURY;

EID: 0042510544     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.3.1810701     Document Type: Article

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