Electrodes and multiple electrode systems for radiofrequency ablation: A Proposal for updated terminology

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 798-808

  Mulier, Stefaan ^a,i   Miao, Yi ^b   Mulier, Peter ^c   Dupas, Benoit ^d   Pereira, Philippe ^e   de Baere, Thierry ^f   Lencioni, Riccardo ^g   Leveillee, Raymond ^h   Marchal, Guy ⁱ   Michel, Luc ^a   Ni, Yicheng ^i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Biomedical Engineer   (United States)

^d NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^j University Hospital   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Kidney; Liver; Radiofrequency ablation; Soft tissues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDLINE; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 20244386715     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2584-x     Document Type: Article

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