A case of hepatocellular carcinoma treated by MR-guided focused ultrasound ablation with respiratory gating

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-171

  Okada, Atsuya ^a   Murakami, Takamichi ^a   Mikami, Koji ^b   Onishi, Hiromitsu ^b   Tanigawa, Noboru ^c   Marukawa, Taro ^a   Nakamura, Hironobu ^b  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Focused ultrasound surgery; Interventional radiology; Liver tumor; MRI; Respiratory monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RESPIRATION; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 38949202975     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.5.167     Document Type: Article

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