Influence of intrahepatic vessels on volume and shape of percutaneous thermal ablation zones: In vivo evaluation in a porcine model

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 211-218

  Frericks, Bernd B ^a   Ritz, Jörg P ^a   Albrecht, Thomas ^a   Valdeig, Steffi ^a   Schenk, Andrea ^b   Wolf, Karl Jürgen ^a   Lehmann, Kai ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooling effects; Laser ablation; Liver interventional procedures; Liver intrahepatic vessels; Tumor ablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER SURGERY; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; LIVER RESECTION; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 40949138326     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31815daf36     Document Type: Article

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