Image-Guided Thermal Therapy of Uterine Fibroids

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-104

  Shen, Shu Huei ^a,b   Fennessy, Fiona ^a   McDannold, Nathan ^a   Jolesz, Ferenc ^a   Tempany, Clare ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CRYOTHERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LASER SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; UTERUS MYOMA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 61349130877     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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