A review of the general aspects of radiofrequency ablation

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 381-400

  Ni, Y ^a   Mulier, S ^b   Miao, Y ^c   Michel, L ^b   Marchal, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive therapy; Radiofrequency; Review; Tumor ablation

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMEN; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENERGY; EQUIPMENT; GENERATOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 20444446483     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-004-0253-9     Document Type: Review

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