Ablative therapy for people with localised prostate cancer : a systematic review and economic evaluation [PDF]
The research reported in this issue of the journal was funded by the HTA programme as project number 10/136/01. The contractual start date was in April 2012.
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Purpose To evaluate the efficacy and safety of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation in the treatment of uterine arteriovenous fistula (UAVF).Materials and methods This case series included three patients diagnosed with acquired UAVF.
Fang Li +7 more
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Nonlinear 3-D simulation of high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy in the Kidney [PDF]
Kidney cancer is a severe disease which can be treated non-invasively using high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy. However, tissue in front of the transducer and the deep location of kidney can cause significant losses to the efficiency of the
Cleveland, R +3 more
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Dependence of ablative ability of high-intensity focused ultrasound cavitation-based histotripsy on mechanical properties of agar [PDF]
Cavitation-based histotripsy uses high-intensity focused ultrasound at low duty factor to create bubble clouds inside tissue to liquefy a region, and provides better fidelity to planned lesion coordinates and the ability to perform real-time monitoring ...
Avendano, Alex +8 more
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Background: HIFU can achieve PVI, but severe esophageal complications have happened. We analyzed relative position of HIFU balloon catheter (BC) to esophageal temperature (ET) probe and correlated it to ET changes.
Kars Neven, MD +4 more
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Tumor bed brachytherapy for locally advanced laryngeal cancer: a feasibility assessment of combination with ferromagnetic hyperthermia [PDF]
Purpose. To assess the feasibility of adding hyperthermia to an original method of organ-preserving brachytherapy treatment for locally advanced head and neck tumors. Methods and materials.
Bar-Ad, Voichita +6 more
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Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound treatment of facet joint pain: summary of preclinical phase [PDF]
STUDY DESIGN: A phantom experiment, two thermocouple experiments, three in vivo pig experiments, and a simulated treatment on a healthy human volunteer were conducted to test the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of magnetic resonance-guided focused ...
Arik Hanannel +7 more
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High-intensity focused ultrasound for endometrial ablation in adenomyosis: a clinical study
ObjectiveThe present study aimed to investigate the clinical efficacy of endometrial ablation with high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for symptom relief in women with adenomyosis.MethodsBetween July 2014 and July 2020, 167 patients with adenomyosis
Siyun Wu +3 more
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Portable high-intensity focused ultrasound system with 3D electronic steering, real-time cavitation monitoring, and 3D image reconstruction algorithms: a preclinical study in pigs [PDF]
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and accuracy of a new portable ultrasonography-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (USg-HIFU) system with a 3-dimensional (3D) electronic steering transducer, a simultaneous ablation and ...
Jin Woo Choi +7 more
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音響力学的治療におけるエピルビシン内包ミセルの機能に関する研究 [PDF]
博士(医学) 甲第699号(主論文の要旨、要約、審査結果の要旨、本文),著者名:Kazuhisa TAKEMAE・Jun OKAMOTO・Yuki HORISE・Ken MASAMUNE・Yoshihiro MURAGAKI,タイトル:Function of Epirubicin-Conjugated Polymeric Micelles in Sonodynamic Therapy,掲載誌:Frontiers in pharmacology(1663-9812),巻・頁・年:10巻 p.546 ...
竹前 和久
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