Focused ultrasound ablation of the epididymis with use of thermal measurements in a canine model

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 609-613

  Fried, Nathaniel M ^a   Roberts, William W ^a   Sinelnikov, Yegor D ^b   Wright, E James ^a   Solomon, Stephen B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Transurgical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymis; HIFU; Noninvasive; Skin burns; Sterilization; Temperature; Ultrasound; Vasectomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE STERILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL INJURY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; EPIDIDYMIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036732264     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)03245-4     Document Type: Article

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