Effect of echo-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation on localized experimental tumors

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1069-1074

  Sasaki, Kazuaki ^a   Medan, Mohamed S ^b   Azuma, Takashi ^a   Kawabata, Ken Ichi ^a   Shimoda, Minoru ^c   Umemura, Shin Ichiro ^d  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

HIFU; Liver; Rabbit; Split focus; VX2

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; RABBITS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33750883608     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.68.1069     Document Type: Article

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