Effectiveness of real-time virtual sonography-guided radiofrequency ablation treatment for patients with hepatocellular carcinomas

Hepatology Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 565-571

  Kitada, Takatoshi ^a   Murakami, Takamichi ^b   Kuzushita, Noriyoshi ^c   Minamitani, Kaori ^d   Nakajo, Kazuya ^c   Osuga, Keigo ^c   Miyoshi, Eiji ^c   Nakamura, Hironobu ^c   Kishino, Bunichiro ^d   Tamura, Shinji ^c   Hayashi, Norio ^c  

^a Itami Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Department of Cardiology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinomas; Multiplanar reconstruction computed tomography; Radiofrequency ablation; Real time virtual sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; IOHEXOL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; B SCAN; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER ARTERIOGRAPHY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; RECURRENCE RISK; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 43049101483     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2007.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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