Treatment of localized abscesses induced by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) using MRgFUS: First in vivo results

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1503, Issue , 2012, Pages 173-178

  Rieck, Birgit ^a   Curiel, Laura ^a   Mougenot, Charles ^b   Zhang, Kunyan ^b   Pichardo, Samuel ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

abscess; Focused ultrasound; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRI guided; MRSA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873878385     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4769938     Document Type: Conference Paper

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