Extracorporeal ultrasound-guided high intensity focused ultrasound therapy: Present limitations

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1501-1507

  Yu, Tinghe ^a,b   Huang, Ping ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ablation efficiency; High intensity focused ultrasound; Real time monitoring; Treatment plan; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE NECROSIS; TISSUE TYPES; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 80054869333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJPP11.253     Document Type: Article

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