Ablation of clinically relevant kidney tissue volumes by high-intensity focused ultrasound: Preliminary results of standardized ex-vivo investigations

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 930-938

  Häcker, Axel ^a   Peters, Kristina ^a   Knoll, Thomas ^a   Marlinghaus, Ernst ^b   Alken, Peter ^a   Jenne, Jürgen W ^c   Michel, Maurice Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Storz Medical ^*  (Switzerland)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVICE; EX VIVO STUDY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; KIDNEY; SWINE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33845441438     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.20.930     Document Type: Article

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