Hepatic radiofrequency ablation An overview from an engineering perspective

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 VII, Issue , 2004, Pages 5433-5436

  Haemmerich, D ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Ablation; Cancer; Electrodes; Liver; Radiofrequency; Tumor

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CHEMOTHERAPY; ELECTRODES; ETHANOL; SURGERY; TUMORS;

COAGULATION THERAPY; LIVER; LIVER CANCER; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ABLATION;

EID: 11144274512     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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