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A novel software platform for volumetric assessment of ablation completeness

Marco SolbiatiR&D Unit, R.A.W. Srl, Milan, Italy; Correspondence[email protected]
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Riccardo MugliaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Milan, Italy;
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S. Nahum GoldbergDepartment of Radiology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centre, Jerusalem, Israel; ;Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA;
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Tiziana IeraceDepartment of Radiology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
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Alessandro RotilioR&D Unit, R.A.W. Srl, Milan, Italy;
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Katia M PasseraR&D Unit, R.A.W. Srl, Milan, Italy;
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Ilaria MarreR&D Unit, R.A.W. Srl, Milan, Italy;
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Luigi SolbiatiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Milan, Italy; ;Department of Radiology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-3109-1449
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Pages 336-342 | Received 03 Dec 2018, Accepted 09 Jan 2019, Published online: 07 Feb 2019

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