Image-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound for conduction block of peripheral nerves

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-119

  Foley, Jessica L ^a,b   Little, James W ^c   Vaezy, Shahram ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIFU; Nerve block; Pain; Sciatic nerve; Spasticity; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASONICS;

HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND (HIFU); NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; SCIATIC NERVE; SPASTICITY; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

NEUROLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT; SCIATIC NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ANIMALS; NERVE BLOCK; RABBITS; SCIATIC NERVE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33845484626     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-006-9162-0     Document Type: Article

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