CT Findings after Radiofrequency Ablation in Rabbit Livers: Comparison of Internally Cooled Electrodes, Perfusion Electrodes, and Internally Cooled Perfusion Electrodes

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1417-1427

  Kim, Seung Kwon ^a   Gu, Myung Seo ^a   Hong, Hyun Pyo ^a   Choi, Dongil ^b   Chae, Seoung Wan ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODIXANOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FOLLOW UP; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; COLD; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIVER; MALE; PERFUSION; RABBITS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35448971503     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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