Harnessing the interaction of ultrasound with tissue for therapeutic benefit: High-intensity focused ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 601-604

  Ter Haar, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; BONE CANCER; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELASTOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSARCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY EFFECT; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERUS MYOMA; VULVA DISEASE;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 55549128279     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6228     Document Type: Editorial

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