Treatment response assessment of radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Usefulness of virtual CT sonography with magnetic navigation

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Minami, Yasunori ^a   Kitai, Satoshi ^a   Kudo, Masatoshi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Magnetic navigation; Radiofrequency ablation; Virtual CT sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84856952796     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.02.026     Document Type: Article

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