Non-invasive pulsed cavitational ultrasound for fetal tissue ablation: Feasibility study in a fetal sheep model

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 450-457

  Kim, Y ^a   Gelehrter, S K ^a   Fifer, C G ^a   Lu, J C ^a   Owens, G E ^a   Berman, D R ^b   Williams, J ^b   Wilkinson, J E ^b   Ives, K A ^a   Xu, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

fetal therapy; histotripsy; non invasive tissue ablation; pulsed cavitational ultrasound; therapeutic ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FETUS; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

EID: 79953154562     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8880     Document Type: Article

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