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Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging for ablation of hepatic tumors.

Surg Endosc

October 2006

Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology and Center for Advanced Surgical Technologies (CAST) of Norton Hospital, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA.

Background: The most significant rise in the use of hepatic ablation has come from image-guided techniques with both computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound (US). The recent development of open-configuration magnetic resonance scanners has opened up an entire new area of image-guided surgical and interventional procedures. Thus the aim of this study was to evaluate the use of intraoperative MRI (iMRI) ablation of hepatic tumors performed by surgeons.

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