Feasibility of the virtual needle tracking system for percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatology Research

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1352-1355

  Tomonari, Akiko ^a   Tsuji, Kunihiko ^a   Yamazaki, Hajime ^a   Aoki, Hironori ^a   Kang, Jong Hon ^a   Kodama, Yoshihisa ^a   Sakurai, Yasuo ^a   Maguchi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TEINE KEIJINKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiofrequency ablation; Virtual needle tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84887573062     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: 1872034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hepr.12096     Document Type: Article

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