Focused ultrasound ablation of renal and prostate cancer: Current technology and future directions

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 367-371

  Roberts, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Focused ultrasound; Noninvasive ablation; Prostate cancer; Renal mass

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CELL DAMAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY; EXPERIMENT; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SAFETY; SOUND INTENSITY; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RABBITS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 24344477094     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2005.05.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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