Non-invasive fetal therapy using histotripsy: Feasibility study in the sheep model

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 228-231

  Kim, Yohan ^a   Fifer, Carlen G ^b   Gelehrter, Sarah K ^b   Williams, Jennifer ^b   Lu, Jimmy C ^b   Cain, Charles A ^c   Xu, Zhen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cavitation; Fetal surgery; Histotripsy; Therapeutic ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; PULSE REPETITION RATE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTROLLED CAVITATIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HISTOTRIPSY; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; THERAPEUTIC TOOLS; THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

TISSUE;

EID: 77952800162     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2009.5442016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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