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Sonographically Guided High‐Intensity Focused Ultrasound for the Management of Uterine Fibroids
Author(s) -
Cheung Vincent Y. T.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/ultra.32.8.1353
Subject(s) - medicine , high intensity focused ultrasound , uterine fibroids , ultrasound , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , ablation , intensity (physics) , surgery , physics , quantum mechanics
High‐intensity focused ultrasound therapy has received increasing interest in the management of solid malignancies and benign tumors. Magnetic resonance imaging has always been used to define the target for controlling and monitoring the ablation. Recently, sonographically guided high‐intensity focused ultrasound has been introduced to monitor the ablation process. This article provides an overview of the background, clinical use, and treatment outcomes of sonographically guided high‐intensity focused ultrasound in the treatment of uterine fibroids.