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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guidance of Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation for Cancer Treatment

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Recent trends in the care of cancer patients emphasize minimizing invasiveness while improving the effectiveness of treatment by utilizing medical resources in a cost-effective manner. This has been evident in the emerging and steadily evolving utilization of interventional radiology over the past quarter century.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Daniel T. Boll MD (Research Associate) & Sherif G. Nour MD (Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Director of Interventional MRI, Research)

  2. The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Jonathan S. Lewin MD (Martin W. Donner Professor and Chairman, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Radiologist-in-Chief)

  3. Department of Radiology, Duke University Hospital and Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

    Elmar M. Merkle MD (Associate Professor, Duke University School of Medicine, Director of Body MRI)

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  1. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Eric vanSonnenberg MD (Chief of Radiology, Interventional Radiologist) (Chief of Radiology, Interventional Radiologist)

  2. Brigham and Women’s Hospital Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Eric vanSonnenberg MD (Chief of Radiology, Interventional Radiologist) (Chief of Radiology, Interventional Radiologist)

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    William N. McMullen (Interventional Oncology Consultant) (Interventional Oncology Consultant)

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Boll, D.T., Lewin, J.S., Nour, S.G., Merkle, E.M. (2005). Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guidance of Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation for Cancer Treatment. In: vanSonnenberg, E., McMullen, W.N., Solbiati, L., Livraghi, T., Müeller, P.R., Silverman, S.G. (eds) Tumor Ablation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28674-8_13

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