Microbubbles assist goat liver ablation by high intensity focused ultrasound

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1557-1563

  Yu, Tinghe ^a   Fan, Xionglin ^b   Xiong, Shuhua ^c   Hu, Kai ^a   Wang, Zhibiao ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Ablation efficiency; Delayed necrosis; High intensity focused ultrasound; Liver; Microbubble

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; BOLUS INJECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; GOAT; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TISSUE NECROSIS; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GOATS; LIVER; MICROBUBBLES; RADIATION DOSAGE; SONICATION; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33745026200     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0176-7     Document Type: Article

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