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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Microwave ablation assisted by a computerised tomography–ultrasonography fusion imaging system for liver lesions: An ex vivo experimental study

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Pages 172-179 | Received 04 Jun 2010, Accepted 11 Aug 2010, Published online: 29 Mar 2011

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