A microbubble agent improves the therapeutic efficiency of high intensity focused ultrasound: A rabbit kidney study

Urological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-19

  Yu, Tinghe ^a   Wang, Guoyun ^b   Hu, Kai ^a   Ma, Ping ^a   Bai, Jin ^a   Wang, Zhibiao ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustic characteristics of tissue; High intensity focused ultrasound; Kidney; Microbubble agent; Therapeutic efficiency

Indexed keywords

HAIFU SUT; OCTAFLUOROPROPANE; PROPANE;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HYPEREMIA; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KIDNEY; MICROBUBBLES; NECROSIS; RABBITS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 1542378177     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-003-0362-x     Document Type: Article

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