An intrauterine ultrasound applicator for targeted delivery of thermal therapy in conjunction with HDR brachytherapy to the cervix

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7181, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wootton, Jeffery H ^a,b   Juanga, Titania ^a   Pouliota, Jean ^a   Hsua, I Chow Joe ^a   Diederich, Chris J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Hyperthermia; Intracavitary; Magnetic resonance thermal imaging; Minimally invasive therapy; Multi sectored transducers; Thermal therapy

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL CANCER; HYPERTHERMIA; INTRACAVITARY; MINIMALLY-INVASIVE THERAPY; MULTI-SECTORED TRANSDUCERS; THERMAL THERAPY;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; APPLICATORS; CATHETERS; HEATING; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY;

EID: 65949095857     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.808343     Document Type: Conference Paper

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