Combination therapy of focused ultrasound and radio-frequency for noninvasive body contouring in Asians with MRI photographic documentation

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 165-172

  Chang, Shyue Luen ^a,b   Huang, Yau Li ^a,b   Lee, Mei Ching ^a,b   Chang, Chih Hsiang ^a,b   Chung, Wen Hung ^a,b   Wu, En Haw ^a   Hu, Sindy ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asians; Body contouring; Focused ultrasound; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radio frequency; UltraShape

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY CONTOURING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MODIFICATION, NON-THERAPEUTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIO WAVES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 84893690877     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-013-1301-x     Document Type: Article

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