Electrodes and multiple electrode systems for radio frequency ablation: A proposal for updated terminology

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 574, Issue , 2006, Pages 57-73

  Mulier, Stefaan ^a,h   Miao, Yi ^b   Mulier, Peter ^c   Dupas, Benoit ^d   Pereira, Philippe ^e   De Baere, Thierry ⁱ   Lencioni, Riccardo ^f   Leveillee, Raymond ^g   Marchal, Guy ^h   Michel, Luc ^a   Ni, Yicheng ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Biomedical Engineer   (United States)

^d NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Kidney; Liver; Radio frequency ablation; Soft tissues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934441667     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-29512-7_8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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