Ultrasound interstitial thermal therapy (USITT) for the treatment of uterine myomas

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6440, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Nau, William H ^a   Diederich, Chris J ^a   Simko, Jeff ^a   Juang, Titania ^a   Jacoby, Alison ^b   Burdette, E Clif ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ACOUSTIC MEDSYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibroids; Leiomyomas; Temperature; Thermal ablation; Thermal dose

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; TRANSDUCERS; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

LEIOMYOMAS; THERMAL ABLATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 34548254831     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.703220     Document Type: Conference Paper

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