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A Review of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound
International Journal of Translational MedicineFor 80 years, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has been the subject of interest in medical research. It is a non-invasive procedure that causes the death of cells in a very select area through one of two mechanisms, either heat or cavitation ...
Ben Turner, David Cranston
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High-intensity focused ultrasound therapy for pancreatic cancer [PDF]
Journal of medical ultrasonics, 2022 Pancreatic cancer (PC) has one of the poorest prognoses among solid cancers, and its incidence has increased recently. Satisfactory outcomes are not achieved with current therapies; thus, novel treatments are urgently needed.
Atsushi Sofuni +4 more
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Use of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) in Treating Uterine Fibroids: A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Biomedical & Clinical Research, 2022 Uterine fibroids are the most common benign uterine tumours in women of reproductive age. They can present with different symptoms, including menorrhagia, cramping lower abdominal pain, bloating, urinary/bowel symptoms, spotting, and infertility ...
Yoana Ivanova-Yoncheva +4 more
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Clinical applications of high-intensity focused ultrasound [PDF]
Hong Kong Medical Journal, 2016 Ultrasound has been developed for therapeutic use in addition to its diagnostic ability. The use of focused ultrasound energy can offer a non-invasive method for tissue ablation, and can therefore be used to treat various solid tumours. High-intensity focused ultrasound is being increasingly used in the treatment of both primary and metastatic tumours ...
WH She +3 more
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High-intensity focused ultrasound in functional neurosurgery
Анналы клинической и экспериментальной неврологии, 2017 Stereotactic functional neurosurgical interventions for basal gangliaare an important method for treating movement, pain, obsessivecompulsive and depressive disorders.
Vladimir M. Tyurnikov, Artyom O. Gushcha
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Emerging clinical applications of high-intensity focused ultrasound
Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, 2019 High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a minimally-invasive and non-ionizing promising technology and has been assessed for its role in the treatment of not only primary tumors but also metastatic lesions under the guidance of ultrasound or magnetic
Nguyen Minh Duc, Bilgin Keserci
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Initial treatment for surgery-naïve desmoid tumors by high intensity focused ultrasound [PDF]
Frontiers in OncologyIntroductionDesmoid tumor (DT) is a rare proliferative disease occurring in connective tissues, characterized by high infiltration and recurrence rates.
Jiayi Shen +8 more
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Focused ultrasound and prostate cancer [PDF]
Ultrasonography, 2021 Focused ultrasound (FUS) has been utilized for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. Initially, FUS was performed as a whole-gland treatment comparable to radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy.
Sung Kyu Hong, Hakmin Lee
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 BackgroundNo reports on Letrozole as a pretreatment before ablation of uterine fibroid with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), so a retrospective observation study was performed to evaluate the response of different pre-HIFU medication.MethodsWe ...
Wei-Chun Chen +16 more
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Focused Ultrasound, an Emerging Tool for Atherosclerosis Treatment: A Comprehensive Review
Life, 2023 Focused ultrasound (FUS) has emerged as a promising noninvasive therapeutic modality for treating atherosclerotic arterial disease. High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), a noninvasive and precise modality that generates high temperatures at specific ...
Cynthia Imtiaz +6 more
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