Clinical utility of a microbubble-enhancing contrast ("SonoVue") in treatment of uterine fibroids with high intensity focused ultrasound: A retrospective study

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3832-3838

  Peng, Song ^a,d   Xiong, Yu ^b,d   Li, Kequan ^a,d   He, Min ^b,c   Deng, Yongbin ^b   Chen, Li ^b   Zou, Min ^b   Chen, Wenzhi ^a,d   Wang, Zhibiao ^a,d   He, Jia ^c   Zhang, Lian ^a,d  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Haifu Hospital   (China)

^c SUINING CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^d Non invasive and Minimally Invasive Therapeut Res Center for Uterine Benign Diseases of Chongqing   (China)

Author keywords

High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU); Microbubble contrast agents; SonoVue; Uterine myomas fibroids leiomyomas

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBUBBLE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MICROBUBBLES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84869881789     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.04.030     Document Type: Article

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