Tumor ablation: Common modalities and general practices

Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 192-200

  Knavel, Erica M ^a   Brace, Christopher L ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryoablation; HIFU; IRE; Laser; Microwave; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

BONE TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOABLATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTROPORATION; HEAT; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION; KIDNEY CANCER; LASER SURGERY; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MICROWAVE THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE; REVIEW; TUMOR ABLATION; TUMOR NECROSIS;

CRYOABLATION; HIFU; IRE; LASER; MICROWAVE; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887571474     PISSN: 10892516     EISSN: 15579808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.tvir.2013.08.002     Document Type: Review

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