MR-guided focused ultrasound for the treatment of uterine fibroids

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-13

  Hesley, Gina K ^a   Gorny, Krzysztof R ^a   Woodrum, David A ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibroid; MR guided focused ultrasound; MRgFUS; MRI

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL WALL SUBCUTANEOUS EDEMA; AGING; B SCAN; BURN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE APPROVAL; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING GUIDED FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE EDEMA; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ORGAN INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; UTERUS MYOMA;

FEMALE; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; IMAGE-GUIDED BIOPSY; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84872683209     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-012-0367-3     Document Type: Review

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