High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation
"High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The use of focused, high-frequency sound waves to destroy tissue. It is sometimes used in conjunction with but is distinct from INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY.
| Descriptor ID |
D057086
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.565.280.945.399 E04.014.380
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation" by people in Profiles.
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Bilateral Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Tremor-Is It Really Safe? JAMA Neurol. 2024 Sep 01; 81(9):914-915.
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Histotripsy Ablation Alters the Tumor Microenvironment and Promotes Immune System Activation in a Subcutaneous Model of Pancreatic Cancer. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2021 09; 68(9):2987-3000.
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AAPM Task Group 241: A medical physicist's guide to MRI-guided focused ultrasound body systems. Med Phys. 2021 Sep; 48(9):e772-e806.
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High intensity focused ultrasound: The fundamentals, clinical applications and research trends. Diagn Interv Imaging. 2018 Jun; 99(6):349-359.
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Vaginal Pessary for Uterine Repositioning during High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation of Uterine Leiomyomas. Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2016; 81(3):285-8.
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Multi-Wavelength Photoacoustic Visualization of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Lesions. Ultrason Imaging. 2016 Jan; 38(1):96-112.
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Complete high-intensity focused ultrasound in prostate cancer: outcome from the @-Registry. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2012 Sep; 15(3):256-9.
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Magnetic resonance imaging-guided volumetric ablation of symptomatic leiomyomata: correlation of imaging with histology. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2012 Jun; 23(6):786-794.e4.
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Maximizing outcomes in genitourinary cancers across the treatment continuum. BJU Int. 2011 Apr; 107 Suppl 2:1-12.
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High-intensity focused ultrasound for therapeutic tissue ablation in surgical oncology. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2011 Apr; 20(2):389-407, ix.