Ultrasound focal beam surgery

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 1089-1100

  Ter Haar, G ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benign prostate hyperplasia; Cancer therapy; Hyperthermia; Ultrasound therapy; Urology

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CELLS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NEUROSURGERY; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; ONCOLOGY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS; TISSUE; UROLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC CAVITATION; CELL KILLING; ULTRASOUND FOCAL SURGERY;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EYE SURGERY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RADIOSURGERY; RAT; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE DISEASES; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 20TH CENT.; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0028840414     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(95)02010-1     Document Type: Review

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