Assessment of the ablated area after radiofrequency ablation by contrast-enhanced sonography; comparison with virtual sonography with magnetic navigation

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-64

  Koda, Masahiko ^a   Mandai, Mari ^a   Matono, Tomomitu ^a   Sugihara, Takaaki ^a   Nagahara, Takakazu ^a   Ueki, Masaru ^a   Ohyama, Kenji ^a   Hosho, Keiko ^a   Murawaki, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced sonography; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiofrequency ablation; Virtual sonography

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST-ENHANCED SONOGRAPHIES; GOLD STANDARDS; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; LOCAL CONTROL; MAGNETIC NAVIGATION; RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION;

ABLATION; COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

SHU 508;

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 73449087637     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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