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Electrodes and Multiple Electrode Systems for Radio Frequency Ablation: A Proposal for Updated Terminology

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Liver and Pancreatic Diseases Management

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  1. Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Nantes, Nantes, France

    Benoit Dupas

  2. Department of Radiology, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France

    Thierry De Baere

  3. Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Mont-Godinne, Catholic University of Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium

    Stefaan Mulier & Luc Michel

  4. Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nan**g Medical University, Nan**g, China

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    Peter Mulier (Biomedical engineer)

  6. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Philippe Pereira

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    Riccardo Lencioni

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    Raymond Leveillee

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    Stefaan Mulier, Guy Marchal & Yicheng Ni

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Mulier, S. et al. (2006). Electrodes and Multiple Electrode Systems for Radio Frequency Ablation: A Proposal for Updated Terminology. In: Habib, N.A., Canelo, R. (eds) Liver and Pancreatic Diseases Management. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 574. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-29512-7_8

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