A portable high-intensity focused ultrasound device for noninvasive venous ablation

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 707-711

  Henderson, Peter W ^a   Lewis, George K ^b   Shaikh, Naima ^a   Sohn, Allie ^a   Weinstein, Andrew L ^a   Olbricht, William L ^b   Spector, Jason A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; LITHIUM ION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSURGERY; EX VIVO STUDY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN; TRANSCUTANEOUS VENOUS ABLATION; TRANSDUCER; VEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SHEEP; SKIN; SWINE; VEINS;

EID: 77549085998     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.10.049     Document Type: Article

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