Imaging after percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of hepatic tumors: Part 1, normal findings

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 184-193

  Sainani, Nisha I ^a   Gervais, Debra A ^b   Mueller, Peter R ^b   Arellano, Ronald S ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; CT; Hepatic tumors; MRI; PET CT; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILIARY TRACT HEMORRHAGE; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDEMA; GALLBLADDER HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR ABLATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BILE DUCTS; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84871869149     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.8478     Document Type: Review

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