Thermoablative treatments for malignant liver lesions: 10-Year experience of MRI appearances of treatment response

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 523-529

  Kierans, Andrea S ^a   Elazzazi, Mohamed ^a   Braga, Larissa ^b   Leonardou, Polytimi ^a   Gerber, David A ^a   Burke, Charles ^a   Qureshi, Waqas ^a   Kanematsu, Masayuki ^c   Semelka, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryoablation; Liver lesions; Liver malignancies; Microwave ablation; MRI; Radiofrequency ablation; Thermoablation

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE; GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76149132649     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2621     Document Type: Article

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