Preliminary clinical experiences of a motorized manipulator for magnetic resonance image-guided microwave coagulation therapy of liver tumors

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 340-347

  Morikawa, Shigehiro ^a   Naka, Shigeyuki ^a   Murakami, Koichiro ^a   Kurumi, Yoshimasa ^a   Shiomi, Hisanori ^a   Tani, Tohru ^a   Haque, Hasnine A ^b   Tokuda, Junichi ^c   Hata, Nobuhiko ^c   Inubushi, Toshiro ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b GE HealthCare Japan   (Japan)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver tumors; Microwave coagulation; MR image guided therapy; Surgical manipulator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; MICROMANIPULATOR; MICROWAVE COAGULATION THERAPY; MICROWAVE THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; THERMOCOAGULATION; THORACOSCOPY; TORQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; SOFTWARE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69249125356     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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