Microwave ablation with multiple simultaneously powered small-gauge triaxial antennas: Results from an in vivo swine liver model

Radiology

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 151-156

  Brace, Christopher L ^a   Laeseke, Paul F ^b   Sampson, Lisa A ^a   Frey, Tina M ^a   Van Der Weide, Daniel W ^b   Lee Jr , Fred T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER PERFUSION; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SOW (SWINE); STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; MICROWAVES; MODELS, ANIMAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250798055     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2441052054     Document Type: Article

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