Science to practice high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation: Will image-guided therapy replace conventional surgery?

Radiology

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 345-346

  Halpern, Ethan J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLADDER TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; KIDNEY TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN INCISION; TARGET ORGAN; TISSUE INJURY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 17644364080     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2352041774     Document Type: Short Survey

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