Stereotaxy: Breaking the limits of current radiofrequency ablation techniques

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-36

  Bale, Reto ^a   Widmann, Gerlig ^a   Stoffner, D I Rudolf ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coagulation necrosis; Navigation; Radiofrequency ablation; Reliability; Stereotaxy

Indexed keywords

3D IMAGING; ALTERNATING CURRENT; CLINICAL PRACTICES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LIMITING FACTORS; RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; STEREOTAXY; TUMOR SIZE; TUMOR TREATMENT; TUMOR VOLUMES;

COAGULATION; NAVIGATION; PROBES; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUMORS;

ABLATION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FRAMELESS STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; INFORMATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NECROSIS; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77953872638     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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