Mid-term clinical efficacy of a volumetric magnetic resonance-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound technique for treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3054-3061

  Ikink, Marlijne E ^a   Voogt, Marianne J ^a   Verkooijen, Helena M ^a   Lohle, Paul N M ^b   Schweitzer, Karlijn J ^a   Franx, Arie ^a   Mali, Willem P Th M ^a   Bartels, Lambertus W ^c   Van Den Bosch, Maurice A A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ablation; Fibroid; High intensity focused ultrasound ablation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

GADOBUTROL;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL DEVICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM SEVERITY SCORE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; UTERINE FIBROID SYMPTOM AND QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885954806     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2915-x     Document Type: Article

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