In vivo feasibility of image-guided transvaginal focused ultrasound therapy for the treatment of intracavitary fibroids

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 723-730

  Chan, Arthur H ^a,b   Fujimoto, Victor Y ^c   Moore, Donald E ^d   Held, Robert T ^a,b   Paun, Marla ^a,b   Vaezy, Shahram ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

high intensity focused ultrasound; image guided therapy; leiomyoma; ultrasound; Uterine fibroids

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; COLON; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MICROSCOPY; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SCAR; SHEEP; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SURGERY; VAGINA; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LEIOMYOMA; NECROSIS; SHEEP; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4544226721     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.01.049     Document Type: Article

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