Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 159-166

  Hudson, Susan B A ^a   Stewart, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Leiomyomas; MRgFUS

Indexed keywords

BLADDER TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; EYE TUMOR; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; KIDNEY TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE GUIDED FOCUSED ULTRASOUND SURGERY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATE TUMOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMOMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS MYOMA; FEMALE; LEIOMYOMA; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; UTERUS CANCER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 41649085655     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e318161e91f     Document Type: Review

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