Effects of vascular perfusion on coagulation size in radiofrequency ablation of ex vivo perfused bovine livers

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 422-427

  Bitsch, Rudi Georg ^a   Düx, Markus ^b   Helmberger, Thomas ^c   Lubienski, Andreas ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b KRANKENHAUS NORDWEST   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation area; Experimental study; Liver neoplasms; Radiofrequency (RF) ablation; Therapeutic radiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DIALYSIS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EX VIVO STUDY; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER TUMOR; LIVER WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TUMOR MODEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD CLOTTING; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERFUSION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; LIVER; PERFUSION;

EID: 33746398119     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000201231.60420.a2     Document Type: Article

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