MR-guided radiofrequency ablation in a 0.2-T open MR system: Technical success and technique effectiveness in 100 liver tumors

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1043-1052

  Clasen, Stephan ^a,b   Boss, Andreas ^a   Schmidt, Diethard ^a   Schraml, Christina ^a   Fritz, Jan ^a   Schick, Fritz ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Pereira, Philippe L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Interventional MRI; Liver; Metastases; MR imaging; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 35148815803     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21120     Document Type: Article

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