1. Volume 127, Issue 3, Pages 973-977 (March 2005)
Radiofrequency Ablation of Pulmonary Tumors and Normal Lung Tissue in Swine and Rabbits 
Nomori Hiroaki , MD, PhD, Imazu Yoshihiro , MD, PhD, Watanabe Kenichi , MD, Ohtsuka Takashi , MD, Naruke Tsuguo , MD, PhD, FCCP, Kobayashi Toshiaki , MD, PhD, Suemasu Keiichi , MD, PhD 
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2. Figure 1
A nodule (indicated by arrows) made by gelatin and agar, 15 mm in size
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3. Figure 2
A pulmonary vein filled with a red silicone rubber was located within the ablated region (indicated by arrows) of the swine lung. The vein did not show any bleeding
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4. Figure 3
While the gelatin nodule (indicated by arrows) in the swine lung seemed to be completely ablated, the surrounding lung tissue was ablated only a little. The peripheral edge of the gelatin nodule (marked by the star) sometimes remained nonablated
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5. Figure 4
Twenty-one days after RFA in the rabbit lung. Cavities within the ablated region were filled with a while silicone rubber, indicating the communication with surrounding bronchi
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6. Figure 5
Fourteen days after RFA. A vessel (indicated by arrows) within the ablated region was filled with thrombus. A bronchial epithelium was completely peeled off
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