MR-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation of Hepatic Malignancies at 1.5 T: Initial Results

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 342-348

  Mahnken, Andreas H ^a,b   Buecker, Arno ^a   Spuentrup, Elmar ^a   Krombach, Gabriele A ^a   Henzler, Dietrich ^a   Günther, Rolf W ^a   Tacke, Josef ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liver neoplasms, therapy; Liver, interventional procedures; MR imaging; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CEFOTIAM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ELECTRODE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542288920     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20004     Document Type: Article

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