Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma: Fusion imaging guidance for management of lesions with poor conspicuity at conventional sonography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1438-1444

  Lee, Min Woo ^a   Rhim, Hyunchul ^a   Cha, Dong Ik ^a   Kim, Young Jun ^b   Choi, Dongil ^a   Kim, Young Sun ^a   Lim, Hyo K ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fusion imaging; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Navigation; Radiofrequency ablation; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOHEXOL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84861588087     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7568     Document Type: Article

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