Acoustic access to the prostate for extracorporeal ultrasound ablation

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1875-1881

  Hall, Timothy L ^a   Hempel, Christopher R ^a   Sabb, Brian J ^a   Roberts, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; ACOUSTICS; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 78149382515     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2009.0567     Document Type: Article

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