Noninvasive body sculpting technologies with an emphasis on high-intensity focused ultrasound

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 901-912

  Jewell, Mark L ^a   Solish, Nowell J ^b   Desilets, Charles S ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Medicis Technologies Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Body contouring; Body sculpting; High intensity focused ultrasound; Noninvasive; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; LIPECTOMY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; CRYOTHERAPY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054120611     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-011-9700-5     Document Type: Review

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