MR-guided radiofrequency ablation using a wide-bore 1.5-T MR system: Clinical results of 213 treated liver lesions

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1972-1982

  Rempp, Hansjörg ^a   Waibel, Lorenz ^a   Hoffmann, Rüdiger ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Pereira, Philippe L ^b   Clasen, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SLK Kliniken Heilbronn GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; MR guided intervention; Radiofrequency ablation; RFA

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GADOBUTROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILOMA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER EXAMINATION; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATIENT SAFETY; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STOMACH PAIN; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR GROWTH; WIDE BORE MR SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864687882     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2438-x     Document Type: Article

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