Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 12 , Pages 1539-1548, December 2009

Thermal Ablation:

A Comparison of Thermal Dose Required for Radiofrequency-, Microwave-, and Laser-Induced Coagulation in an Ex Vivo Bovine Liver Model

  • Pawel Mertyna, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Minimally Invasive Tumor Therapies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1 Deaconess Road, WCC 308B, Boston, MA 02215
    • ,
  • Wallace Goldberg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematics, Queens College, City University of New York, New York
    • ,
  • Wei Yang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Minimally Invasive Tumor Therapies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1 Deaconess Road, WCC 308B, Boston, MA 02215
    • ,
  • S. Nahum Goldberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Minimally Invasive Tumor Therapies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1 Deaconess Road, WCC 308B, Boston, MA 02215
    • Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1 Deaconess Road, WCC 308B, Boston, MA 02215
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: S.N.G.

Received 22 May 2009; accepted 23 June 2009. published online 19 October 2009.

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 Supported by a grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) (NCI-R01EB0004-84-01A1).

PII: S1076-6332(09)00398-5

doi:10.1016/j.acra.2009.06.016

Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 12 , Pages 1539-1548, December 2009

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