Follow-up after percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of renal cell carcinoma: Contrast-enhanced sonography versus contrast-enhanced CT or MRI

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1233-1238

  Meloni, Maria Franca ^a   Bertolotto, Michele ^b   Alberzoni, Chiara ^c   Lazzaroni, Sergio ^a   Filice, Carlo ^d   Livraghi, Tito ^a   Ferraioli, Giovanna ^d  

^a DESIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced sonography; Follow up; Intervention; Kidney; Neoplasms; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 53249084350     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3238     Document Type: Article

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