The role of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in guiding radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma: A retrospective study

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 171-178

  Chan, Andy K W ^a   Hegarty, Chris ^a   Klass, Darren ^a   Yoshida, Eric ^a   Chung, Stephen ^a   Liu, David M ^a   Ho, Stephen G F ^a   Harris, Alison C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Gastrointestinal radiology; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Interventional radiology; Radiofrequency ablation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

PERFLUTREN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUOROCARBON;

ARTICLE; B SCAN; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84928271192     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: 14882361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carj.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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