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,
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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 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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Su JH, Choi EY, Tourdias T, Saranathan M, Halpern CH, Henderson JM, Pauly KB, Ghanouni P, Rutt BK. Improved Vim targeting for focused ultrasound ablation treatment of essential tremor: A probabilistic and patient-specific approach. Hum Brain Mapp. 2020 12; 41(17):4769-4788.
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MacDonell J, Patel N, Fischer G, Burdette EC, Qian J, Chumbalkar V, Ghoshal G, Heffter T, Williams E, Gounis M, King R, Thibodeau J, Bogdanov G, Brooks OW, Langan E, Hwang R, Pilitsis JG. Robotic Assisted MRI-Guided Interventional Interstitial MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Ablation in a Swine Model. Neurosurgery. 2019 05 01; 84(5):1138-1148.
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Alhamami M, Kolios MC, Tavakkoli J. Photoacoustic detection and optical spectroscopy of high-intensity focused ultrasound-induced thermal lesions in biologic tissue. Med Phys. 2014 May; 41(5):053502.
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Parekh A, Graham PL, Nguyen PL. Cancer control and complications of salvage local therapy after failure of radiotherapy for prostate cancer: a systematic review. Semin Radiat Oncol. 2013 Jul; 23(3):222-34.