DocumentCode
1884756
Title
High intensity focused ultrasound: applications in urology
Author
Watkin, NA ; Haar, GR Ter
Author_Institution
R. Marsden Hospital, Sutton, UK
fYear
1996
fDate
35178
Firstpage
42461
Lastpage
42463
Abstract
High intensity focused ultrasound therapy (HIFU) is a novel method of providing precise, non-contact, irradiation free, deep tissue ablation. In the field of urology, clinical data currently available indicate that the technique may be useful in the treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy. Development of treatments of localised prostate, bladder and renal cancer are yet to be proven and may require improvements in technology before the full potential can be determined
Keywords
biomedical ultrasonics; radiation therapy; reviews; bladder cancer; clinical data; high intensity focused ultrasound; localised prostate cancer; renal cancer; technology improvements; therapeutic US; urology;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Technological Advances in Therapeutic Urology, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
Exeter
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/ic:19960621
Filename
543386
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