High-intensity focused ultrasound for the treatment of renal masses: Current status and future potential

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-191

  Klatte, Tobias ^a   Marberger, Michael ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

High intensity focused ultrasound; Renal mass; Surveillance; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY METASTASIS; KIDNEY TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 61349196922     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e328323f641     Document Type: Review

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