The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 198, Issue 3 , Pages 340-347 , September 2009

Preliminary clinical experiences of a motorized manipulator for magnetic resonance image–guided microwave coagulation therapy of liver tumors

  • Shigehiro Morikawa, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical MR Science Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Ohtsu, Shiga 520–2192, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 77 548 2453; fax: +81 77 548 2453
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  • Shigeyuki Naka, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
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  • Koichiro Murakami, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
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  • Yoshimasa Kurumi, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
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  • Hisanori Shiomi, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
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  • Tohru Tani, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
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  • Hasnine A. Haque, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Ge-Yokogawa Medical Systems, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Junichi Tokuda, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Nobuhiko Hata, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Toshiro Inubushi, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical MR Science Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Ohtsu, Shiga 520–2192, Japan

Received 13 December 2008 ,Revised 13 February 2009

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 Supported in part by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 17,300,171 and 20,246,049.

PII: S0002-9610(09)00200-1

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.02.006

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 198, Issue 3 , Pages 340-347 , September 2009

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