A mathematical model for preoperative planning of radiofrequency ablation of hepatic tumors

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 696-701

  Khajanchee, Y S ^a   Streeter, D ^b   Swanstrom, L L ^a   Hansen, P D ^a  

^a Legacy Portland Hospital   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver tumors; Mathematical model; Multiple ablations; Polyhedron; Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TUMOR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING;

EID: 2342592744     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-8180-3     Document Type: Article

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