Radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma: Value of virtual CT sonography with magnetic navigation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Minami, Yasunori ^a   Chung, Hobyung ^a   Kudo, Masatoshi ^a   Kitai, Satoshi ^a   Takahashi, Shunsuke ^a   Inoue, Tatsuo ^a   Ueshima, Kuzuomi ^a   Shiozaki, Hitoshi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Magnetic navigation; Radiofrequency ablation; Virtual CT sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRTUAL CT SONOGRAPHY WITH MAGNETIC NAVIGATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 44849117169     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3092     Document Type: Article

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