Technique of high intensity focused ultrasound for tumor therapy.
- Author:
Wen-de SHOU
1
Author Information
1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. wdshou@sjtu.edu.cn
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Equipment Design;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Neoplasms;
therapy;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Transducers;
Ultrasound, High-Intensity Focused, Transrectal;
instrumentation;
methods
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Instrumentation
2002;26(5):313-315
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
HIFU technique has been applied in clinic tumor therapy for over ten years. It is the important indication of a new development stage of the ultrasound in medicine. In the paper, the present status of HIFU for tumor treatment is introduced and its future development is discussed too.
