Large liver tumors: Protocol for radiofrequency ablation and its clinical application in 110 patients - Mathematic model, overlapping mode, and electrode placement process

Radiology

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 260-271

  Chen, Min Hua ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Yan, Kun ^a   Zou, Ming Wu ^b   Solbiati, Luigi ^c   Liu, Ji Bin ^d   Dai, Ying ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^b CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Ospedale Generale   (Italy)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver neoplasms; Liver neoplasms, CT; Liver neoplasms, US; Model, mathematical; Radiofrequency (RF) ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON PERFORATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 2942724313     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2321030821     Document Type: Article

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