A possible approach to the treatment of polycystic ovarian syndrome using focused ultrasound

Ultrasonics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 893-900

  Moussatov, Alexei G ^a   Baker, Andrew C ^a   Duck, Francis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Focused ultrasound surgery; Infertility; Polycystic ovarian syndrome; Tissue ablation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; COLOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIVER; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

SURGERY; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

FOCUSED ULTRASOUND SURGERY; POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0032105504     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(98)00008-0     Document Type: Article

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