MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound: Current status of an emerging technology

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1190-1203

  Napoli, Alessandro ^a   Anzidei, Michele ^a   Ciolina, Federica ^a   Marotta, Eugenio ^a   Cavallo Marincola, Beatrice ^a   Brachetti, Giulia ^a   Di Mare, Luisa ^a   Cartocci, Gaia ^a   Boni, Fabrizio ^a   Noce, Vincenzo ^a   Bertaccini, Luca ^a   Catalano, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ablation; Cancer; High intensity focused ultrasound; MR guided intervention; Noninvasive treatment

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; BENIGN TUMOR; BONE CANCER; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIVER CANCER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE GUIDED FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; THERMOMETRY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84884669520     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-013-0592-4     Document Type: Review

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