Multiple Probe Radiofrequency Ablation: Pilot Study in an Animal Model

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1437-1442

  Lee Jr , Fred T ^a   Haemmerich, Dieter ^a   Wright, Andrew S ^a   Mahvi, David M ^a   Sampson, Lisa A ^a   Webster, John G ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CATHETER ABLATION; GENERATOR; LIVER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SWINE; THERMOREGULATION; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0242440377     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.RVI.0000096771.74047.C8     Document Type: Article

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