## Abstract ## Background and Objective To evaluate the efficacy of a new temperature‐controlled Diode laser to generate in vivo tissue coagulations with laser‐induced interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) in pig liver and MRI‐correlation of these necroses. ## Study Design/Materials and Methods Each
In vivo validation of a therapy planning system for laser-induced thermotherapy (LITT) of liver malignancies
✍ Scribed by Kai Siegfried Lehmann; Bernd Benedikt Frericks; Christoph Holmer; Andrea Schenk; Andreas Weihusen; Verena Knappe; Urte Zurbuchen; Heinz Otto Peitgen; Heinz Johannes Buhr; Jörg Peter Ritz
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 699 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-1958
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