Targeting liver lesions for radiofrequency ablation: An experimental feasibility study using a CT-US fusion imaging system

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-39

  Crocetti, Laura ^a   Lencioni, Riccardo ^a   DeBeni, Stefano ^b   See, Teik Choon ^c   Pina, Clotilde Della ^a   Bartolozzi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Esaote   (Italy)

^c CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fusion imaging; Liver tumor ablation; Targeting

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALF (MAMMAL); COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; EX VIVO STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LIVER; LIVER INJURY; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

EID: 37549012940     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31815597dc     Document Type: Article

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