Electromagnetic Tracking for Thermal Ablation and Biopsy Guidance: Clinical Evaluation of Spatial Accuracy

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1141-1150

  Krücker, Jochen ^a   Xu, Sheng ^a   Glossop, Neil ^b   Viswanathan, Anand ^c   Borgert, Jörn ^d   Schulz, Heinrich ^d   Wood, Bradford J ^c  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b Traxtal Inc   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548264208     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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