High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation of Ex Vivo Bovine Achilles Tendon

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2043-2050

  Muratore, Robert ^a   Akabas, Tal ^a   Muratore, Isabella B ^a  

^a RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Focused ultrasound surgery; High intensity focused ultrasound; High intensity therapeutic ultrasound; Tendinopathy; Tendinosis

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; DAMAGE DETECTION; SONOCHEMISTRY; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

FOCUSED ULTRASOUND SURGERY; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HIGH-INTENSITY THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND; TENDINOPATHY; TENDINOSIS;

TENDONS;

PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TEMPERATURE; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON INJURIES; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 56249094140     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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