Renaissance of laser interstitial thermal ablation

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Missios, Symeon ^a   Bekelis, Kimon ^b   Barnett, Gene H ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser ablation; Laser interstitial thermal therapy; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DEVICES; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84929627389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.12.FOCUS14762     Document Type: Article

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