High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Therapy: an Overview for Radiologists
Korean Journal of Radiology
;
: 291-302, 2008.
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
High-intensity focused ultrasound therapy is a novel, emerging, therapeutic modality that uses ultrasound waves, propagated through tissue media, as carriers of energy. This completely non-invasive technology has great potential for tumor ablation as well as hemostasis, thrombolysis and targeted drug/gene delivery. However, the application of this technology still has many drawbacks. It is expected that current obstacles to implementation will be resolved in the near future. In this review, we provide an overview of high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy from the basic physics to recent clinical studies with an interventional radiologist's perspective for the purpose of improving the general understanding of this cutting-edge technology as well as speculating on future developments.
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Assunto principal:
Terapia por Ultrassom
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Terapia Trombolítica
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Técnicas Hemostáticas
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Sistemas de Liberação de Medicamentos
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Marcação de Genes
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Korean Journal of Radiology
Ano de publicação:
2008
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