Temperature measurements for dose-finding in steam ablation

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1454-1456

  Van Ruijven, Peter W M ^a   Van Den Bos, Renate Ruth ^b   Alazard, Lucie M ^a   Van Der Geld, Cees W M ^a   Nijsten, Tamar ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; DOSE CALCULATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEAT; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STEAM ABLATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VAPOR; VARICOSIS; VEIN WALL; WATER VAPOR;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SHEEP; STEAM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 79955686813     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.12.044     Document Type: Letter

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