Sonographically guided high-intensity focused ultrasound for the management of uterine fibroids

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1353-1358

  Cheung, Vincent Y T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

High intensity focused ultrasound; Sonographically guided; Sonography; Uterine fibroids

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ACOUSTIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL USE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; SOLID MALIGNANCY; SONOGRAPHICALLY GUIDED; TREATMENT OUTCOMES; UTERINE FIBROIDS;

ULTRASONICS;

COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SONOGRAPHICALLY GUIDED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE FIBROIDS; UTERUS CANCER; PROCEDURES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; SONOGRAPHICALLY GUIDED; SONOGRAPHY; UTERINE FIBROIDS;

FEMALE; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84880854566     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.32.8.1353     Document Type: Review

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