Non-thermal ablation of rabbit liver VX2 tumor by pulsed high intensity focused ultrasound with ultrasound contrast agent: Pathological characteristics

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 43, 2008, Pages 6743-6747

  Zhou, Cheng Wen ^a   Li, Fa Qi ^b   Qin, Yan ^b   Liu, Chun Mei ^b   Zheng, Xiao Lin ^a   Wang, Zhi Biao ^b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Non thermal effects; Pulsed high intensity focused ultrasound; Rabbit liver VX2 tumors; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER TUMOR; NONHUMAN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 63449089464     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.6743     Document Type: Article

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