Microwave ablation of the liver: A description of lesion evolution over time and an investigation of the heat sink effect

Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 725-731

  Bhardwaj, N ^a   Dormer, J ^b   Ahmad, F ^a   Strickland, A D ^a   Gravante, G ^a   West, K ^b   Dennison, A R ^a   Lloyd, D M ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heat sink effect; Liver; Liver tumours; Microwave ablation; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858208775     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAT.0b013e32834c356c     Document Type: Article

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