Radiofrequency Ablation: The Use of Appropriate Terms and the Citation of Prior Art

Academic Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1047-1048

  Ni, Yicheng ^a   Mulier, Stefaan ^a,b   Chen, Feng ^a   Lescroart, Olivier ^c   Roelants, Ivo ^c   Marchal, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CANCER SURGERY; ELECTRODE; EX VIVO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; LIVER SURGERY; NOMENCLATURE; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STANDARDIZATION;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; LIVER; PERFUSION; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TERMINOLOGY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 33745940092     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.06.008     Document Type: Letter

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