Image fusion in the management of thermal tumor ablation of the liver

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 52, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 205-216

  Clevert, D A ^a   Paprottka, P M ^a   Helck, A ^a   Reiser, M ^a   Trumm, C G ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

hepatocellular carcinoma; Image fusion; interventional radiology; microwave ablation; radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE FUSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MICROWAVE THERAPY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84868612727     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: 18758622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2012-1598     Document Type: Article

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