Leiomyoma shrinkage after MRI-guided focused ultrasound treatment: Report of 80 patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 274-280

  Leblang, Suzanne D ^a   Hoctor, Katherine ^a   Steinberg, Fred L ^a  

^a University Imaging Guided Therapy Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Fibroid; Leiomyoma; Mri guided focused ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 74749103085     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2842     Document Type: Article

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