Radiofrequency ablation with the real-time virtual sonography system for treating hepatocellular carcinoma difficult to detect by ultrasonography

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-72

  Kawasoe, Hiroaki ^a   Eguchi, Yuichiro ^a   Mizuta, Toshihiko ^a   Yasutake, Tsutomu ^a   Ozaki, Iwata ^a   Shimonishi, Tomonori ^a   Miyazaki, Kohji ^a   Tamai, Tsutomu ^a   Kato, Akira ^a   Kudo, Sho ^a   Fujimoto, Kazuma ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Dynamic CT; HCV; Hepatic tumor; Multiplanar reconstruction image

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33947422069     PISSN: 09120009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.40.66     Document Type: Article

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